It's been a rainy week here as evidenced by our postponed greens aerification. Leading up to today, we have had rain on six of the last seven days, and if you go back a little farther, seven out of the last twelve. Add it all up and we've had 2.3 inches of rain in the last week and 2.7 inches in the last twelve days. All this rain and dampness leads to a very soft and wet golf course, especially this time of year. As the days get shorter, the sun gets less intense, and temperatures are lower the course takes much longer to dry than it does in the summer. Two and a half inches of rain over the course of two weeks in July would probably be a welcome reprieve from having to irrigate the golf course, but now it just leads to a wet course. The course seems to be starting to soak up the water now, but there are still some very wet and soft areas. The course should be able to dry out over the next week as the forecast is calling for sun and higher temperatures for the next week or so.
Monday's forecast for sun and 70 degrees is holding strong, and that has us excited to get the greens aerified. That is the ideal weather for aerifying anything on the course. The plugs should come out of the ground nicely and be easy to pick up, and the sand topdressing that we put down to fill the holes will dry quickly and be easy to spread around. Also, the warmer temperatures that are called for next week will get the greens growing again, and the holes should fill in quickly. The plan for aerifying the greens remains the same as it was on our first attempt. We will try to get all of the work completed on Monday, October 3, but some of the topdressing work may have to carry over into Tuesday. Work that continues into Tuesday may cause the back nine to be closed for part of the day. As always, I will post updates of the process on the blog and keep the pro shop informed of our progress.
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