Aeration work on the greens.

A decision was made in the autumn to postpone the deep tine aeration to the greens. This was because we wanted to maintain smoother putting surfaces for longer. But due to the prolonged wet weather, the greens had softened, limiting their use anyway.
On monday (7th) we intend to spray the greens with a seaweed & iron mix to harden the turf against disease. This will be followed by deep aeration (down to 400mm) with 20mm diameter tines. We will then micro tine the greens to help restore the surfaces.
This will be followed by hand cutting.
Hopefully, this work will help dry the greens out and firm up the surfaces.

The course has suffered badly during this spell of exceptional wet weather. With many areas becoming wet and slippy. I've not seen the course this sodden in 10 years and it's going to take a prolonged dry spell to improve matters.
Fingers crossed, we can get the course back on track before the start of the season.

PS. I'll do a detailed post concerning the weather in the next week.