During our aerification this year we're doing a Drill and Fill on our old greens(#1-5,7,9,10)as can be seen here on #10.  The Drill and Fill process helps get more sand down into the soil profile which will help the greens drain better. The benefit to you the golfer will be firmer/faster greens similar to our newer greens. In the middle picture drills drill holes into the greens and then in the bottom picture tubes next to the drills fill the holes with sand.

The greens are in really great shape as can be seen on #16.  The aerification we're doing will help keep them in great shape, especially in the heat of the summer. The new Turf Pride boxes we're using on the back of the aerifiers helps save labor by dragging the cores off the green as we're aerifying, improving efficiency.

Aerification on #15 Green going well.  Weather was questionable, but it turned out to be a great day to get the work done.

So far we've had a productive winter on the course here at Stonebridge. All dorment bermudagrass areas have been sprayed to remove weeds and give the course a cleaner look.  At this time we're working on edging greens to remove bermudagrass contamination, upgrading bunkers by removing contaminates/adding additional sand where needed and constructing new t-signs on holes #13,15,17.

 

Fw: #11

The bunkers and low areas on #11 are so close to Lake level that they flood easily, as water backs up through the drainage.

#11 Tuesday after 1.6" of rain.

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Fw: #12

The golf course catches a lot of run off now that everything upstream has been developed.
The picture below is from Tuesday after 1.6" of rain.

Cart path behind #12 green that goes to shop.

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Getting course ready for MGA event this weekend.
Working on removing gravel and other debris from bunkers.

#15 fairway bunker.

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