Green repair

The staff have spent the last couple of days repairing some of the heat stress and vandalism damage that occurred late last season.  Plugging and topdressing some of the blemishes and areas that were large enough to utilize some plugs from the edge of the green.  Normally, we take plugs from our nursery but it was reseeded this past fall and is not ready to be used at this time.  The plugs will allow some of these areas to speed up their recovery.  The sand will smooth some of these spots and protect the grass plants that are trying to regenerate into some of the voided areas.  Bentgrass's growth habit is up and out sending new stolons out the side of the plant which allows it to spread laterally somewhat.  The topdressing sand will protect the edges of the new tissue from exposure to extreme environmental conditions over the next month or two such as cold, heat, wind and moisture or lack thereof. 

Tom filling in some of the areas where plugs were utilized for repair.  Lady checking out the action as well, looking for a varmint.

Repair to the 3rd green with some small turf plugs and green sand to repair vandalism from carts late last fall.  We utilized some 4" regular sized hole plugs as well to fill in some of the areas from last summer's damage.