Greens Renovation

Spring greens renovation has been completed on all greens the last two days. We have changed the process slightly because of the earlier time and cooler weather conditions. Because the browntop bent is still growing slowly we have used 12 mm solid tynes at 50mm centres, 150mm deep. We followed up with a Perruzo scarifier set approximately 10mm deep to remove some thatch. Following that we topdressed with turf sand, brushed it in then rolled the greens to smooth the surface.
We will be using our old cutting units for the first couple of cuts because of the sand on the greens. We don't want to damage the good cutting units.
The members should expect full recovery of the greens in a couple of weeks.
The photos below show the process.

Vertidrain

Perruzo scarifier

Topdressing

Brushing in

Finished result