Hydrojetting greens Thursday 6/27/13

We will be hydrojecting our greens through E&E Enterprises who we contract for this service early Thursday morning.  This work involves a highly pressurized stream of water that will penetrate to about 5" into the green profile.  We will plan the work so that early holes get finished as quickly as possible so we do not delay any 8 a.m. starts. Work is usually completed before 11:00 a.m.

The holes in the surface of the green are very small and will have very limited effect on ball roll.  Once the process is finished, the greens are rolled to smooth out the surface.  This program improves gas exchange to the root system, allows water to penetrate through the green profile, provide a place for new roots to generate and will help to reduce the amount of moisture being tied up in the greens.  A heavy flushing rain is okay from time to time but too much moisture can create long term root health issues.

We have scheduled another hydrojecting on Monday, July 22nd.  We will plan for a needle tinning/venting of our greens in August and September.  We attempt to schedule this work on Mondays but with a tournament this past Monday, we scheduled this work early on Thursday.  The greens can get stressed during Member/Guest prepping and the actual tournament so I like to provide to relief from this pressure with the hydrojecting process.

Below is a link which describes in more detail our process.

http://geccgcm.blogspot.com/2012/06/hydrojecting-greens-on-tuesday-june.html