Greens Edging and Topdressing

Before this last rain came in, we were busy doing some things around the course.  On Monday we worked on getting our greens edged.  This process helps with keeping the edge of our greens between the Bentgrass and Bermuda crisp and helps keep any Bermuda grass runners from contaminating our greens. This is something that we try to do at least every 2 weeks to maintain that edge the way we want it.  Our process is usually marking the edge with a dotted line, edging with our walk behind edger and blowing off any debris that the edging leaves.

On Tuesday, we topdressed our greens with a light layer of sand and also fertilized our collars in preparation for the coming rain.  Topdressing greens is a very important part of what we do here.  This process helps us keep a firm and smooth surface.  We try to do this every 10 to 14 days.  All depending on the weather and how much growth we are getting at the time.  We will topdress the green, broom, and water.  We have two 5 foot walking brooms that our crew use during this process.  Brooming is important because it helps get the sand down into the canopy where it belongs so our mowers don't pick up more than they have too.  Using these walk brooms keeps us from having to get a cart on our greens which keeps the stress down and eliminates 99% of any bruising that might occur.  Attached are some pictures that we took of these practices.