GOLF COURSE UPDATE 3/13/19

• Property Detail - Tree line cleanup, sweep roughs, blow-off fairways/tees/greens, and detail clubhouse grounds.
• Continue our work at parking lot entrances to meet requests for insurance purposes by softening mounding allowing drivers more line of sight.
• Bunker Work - Cleanout leaf litter, check depths and distribute sand, finish rake.
• Wrap up new chipping green bunker.
• Cleanup work from tree management – Clean grindings, soil, and seed once weather permits.
• Begin spring Aeration (see schedule).

Welcome back for the 2019 Season! Currently, our golf course is still under snow but the work mentioned above is ramping up. We’ve had a very productive off-season and are continuing the progress into this week’s Club re-opening 3/15/19. We will begin cleaning the golf course tree-lines from storm damage next week and will work our way from roughs to greens as weather permits. At this time we will follow the forecast and make decisions on reopening the golf course based on cleanup and conditions not by the calendar. Traditionally we always look to the first week of April for greens and carts but if our cleanup efforts are accelerated by Mother Nature cooperating we will open accordingly. I’m excited to get my guys back to work and welcome the membership back for what is going to be another great season. See you soon!

PINE HOLLOW C.C. AERATION SCHEDULE

GREENS:

• **March 3/25/19 – 3/8” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing (5%)
• *Monthly (May to July) – ¼” Solid Venting Tine (no removal)
• ***August 8/12/19 or 8/19/19– ¼ ” Hollow Tine Aeration and Light Sand Topdressing (4%)
• ***October 10/29/19 – ½” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing and/or 2mm Sand Inject Graden (13%)
•   ***December – 5/8” Solid Deep Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing

*    Minimal disruption to putting surface (healing time a few days)

**  Medium disruption to putting surface (healing time 7-10 days)

***Most disruption to putting surface (healing time 10-14 days)

Emphasis put on removing 20% of surface area per year

TEES:

•      March 3/20/19 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      August 8/13/19- 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      October - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

FAIRWAYS:

•       March 3/4/19 – ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary)
•     March 3/18/19 – 5/8” Hollow Tine Aeration *may be delayed until fall*
•    August -  ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary) w/ Verticut
•    October – Graden Dethatching of Fwys/Approaches or ¾ Solid Deep-Tine
•      November - ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration

ROUGHS:

•      Beginning November aerate all roughs for healthy turf green to tee