Stonebriar Agronomy

No more core aerifications for 2024! The GCM team has completed another successful aerification on the Dye Course. Typically, I would show pictures. We all know what holes in greens look like by now. This update will breakdown the numbers of aerification and give a little more insight into why we are aggressive with our cultural practices. As you have likely heard before, the most important part of turf is what is underneath it. The soil must be managed properly have produce the desired playing conditions. There are numerous variables that affect soils, but we will only discuss a few in this update. Displacement This chart shows the displacement calculations. Displacement refers to the percentage of material removed. In this case, we are specifically discussing the total percentage of surface area affected. The GCM team has performed three core aerifications on greens in 2024. Here is a breakdown of material removed and replaced:  1 st Aerification ·     ...

  Fazio Course The GCM team has been working diligently on the Fazio Course during the closure and. All greens, tees, and fairways have been aerified, and are recovering nicely for the opening on Saturday, August 17th. The extended closure allowed the team time to fertilize and irrigate to expedite the transition recovery. Obviously, having a break from cart traffic removes another variable from the equation. Sod has been installed in areas where full recovery was unlikely. Areas on 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16 have been grassed, along with select tees. Please play these areas as “Ground Under Repair”. They will be marked with white paint to define the GUR area. You will still see thin areas in fairways, but these are expected to fully recover. We have at least 6 weeks of bermuda growing weather remaining. We will areas if we decide that recovery is unlikely. The golf course has come a long way since the initial transition, and it will continue to improve. Range Tee The ...