The crew has returned

I have had my crew back since Monday and we are very busy cleaning up the golf course, landscaping the new clubhouse, and laying sod. The course clean-up is taking a little longer then normal because we are splitting duties with landscaping and sodding the new clubhouse to get ready for the opening gala on Saturday. We will be aerating greens on Monday and Tuesday of next week in-house with our new Toro 648 Aerator. The 8th green has a good amount of winter damage caused by prolonged ice coverage. This green sits in the shade for most of the fall, winter, and early spring due to its low location and cypress trees along the rear of the green. Snow and ice tend to hang aorund longer in this colder micro-climate causing this type of damage. Another example of the shade issue on the 8th green can been seen on the rear portion of the green where the aeration holes from last October are still visible. There are signs of green by the crown of the plant but we will be holding off on aeration of the 8th green until its growing more actively.