If the weather cooperates, the first aeration of greens will take place Sunday June 12 starting at 3:00pm. The tee will be closed at this time to make the process go as efficient and smooth as possible. The intention is to have greens One thru 11 aerated, cores picked up and topdressed by the end of day on Sunday and the first tee open again Monday morning. The process will continue Monday on greens 12 thru 18. During this time the back 7 holes will be closed until all aeration and topdressing is completed. This, if everything goes well and the weather cooperates, will be approximately 12:00pm. We will be using 5/8" coring tines followed by topdressing with straight sand. Once the sand is applied and has time to dry on the green a steel mat will be dragged across with the intention to fill all holes. This year we will be using a turbine blower as a next step to try and get as much sand in the holes as possible as well as assist with any debris that has been left behind. The final step is the green being rolled and a heavy watering that night.
I have attached an animation below which also explains the aeration process quite well
