Deep Tine on Fairways

 

Normally this practice is done often on greens and on a few of our wetter fairways, but we are trying to get all the fairways deep tined to a depth of 4-8" depending on soil.  If we can make it through this application without much damage to our turf or the machines, we will try and do this twice per season to help with drainage.  Over time the more we do it, the deeper we can start to go.

Yikes

 

The past 3 weekends, we have seen substantial rainfall, ranging from 1.5-3" each event.  Yesterday was the conclusion of the worst one, with 3+" of rain with heavy wind gusts.  What we are left with is washed out bunkers, washed out cart paths and debris that will take a while to clean up with a skeleton crew.  We had just finished temporarily fixing bunkers about 10 days ago and we will be back at it again so they are somewhat playable for winter play.   No rest for the weary.