Aeration - The Essential Turf Management Practice

Today we started Hollow Coring the tees with the John Deere Aercore, this type of aeration removes 12mm diameter cores from the turf surface. Of all the turf management practices that we use to maintain healthy turf on the golf course, aeration is by far the most important.
 

Coring 1st Tee Murrayfield

This process relieves soil compaction, improves the movement of water and air through the soil and promotes good root development.

Within the next few days we will apply a Nitrogen / Potash based fertiliser to promote growth and enhance recovery, finally the tees will be top dressed with sand to back fill the holes and to help restore surface levels.