Harmon Turf Services is finishing up the solid tine aerification of the last few fairways. We contract their services out every year in order to maximize efficiency and because we do not have the equipment necessary to perform the task. Harmon brings in 4 large tractors with PTO driven aerifiers to knock this project out as quickly as possible. 
Our team is finishing up the fairway topdressing project as I speak. The new tractor and topdresser (pictured) have already paid dividends as our old topdresser broke down yesterday. In the past, this would have destroyed our operation. We will apply over 450 tons of sand to tees, fairways, and approaches. We have already fertilized the front 9 fairways, tees, and approaches and will finish the back 9 tomorrow. We will also be wrapping up the topdressing of the tees and approaches tomorrow with our smaller equipment.
McDonald and Sons, the Design and Construction company that has done all of the bunker renovation work this year is finishing up the final prep work on #6 for sod and sprigs. Their team will lay sod around the cartpath edge on #13 this afternoon and on #6 tomorrow. The scope of this project would be too large for our team to undertake at one time. Our staff will sprig the remaining areas tomorrow morning. Sprigging is the process of planting stolons (shoots) and rhizomes (roots) of the bermudagrass plant and letting these plant parts propagate on their own. Sprigging takes more time to establish but saves a ton of money. It is not possible to sprig TifSport but it is possible to sprig T-10 which is the grass that is going into #13 and #6. T-10 is a heartier, coarser grass and has been used successfully in outlying areas of the course such as the right of #14 and #10 cartpaths.Tomorrow, our staff will be sprigging these areas, working on bunkers, finishing fertility and topdressing applications and cleaning up from all of the finished work. McDonald and Sons will be finished with their work on Friday and Harmon will be done today. Our new assistant and the two interns are diligently watching greens today as it is very hot! Try and stay cool as the weather looks to break Thursday.
