We are just entering that period of the year when the courses hollow tine the greens causing a disruption to golf and producing a poor putting surface for a few weeks but just why do they have to do this to us? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nsurface of a green, colour, density and speed is a combination of the\nmaintenance of the surface but also, about the maintenance of the root-zone. A\nhealthy grass starts from healthy roots. Soil compaction can be a severe\nproblem resulting in restricted root growth, lack of water infiltration into the\nsoil, loss of resilience, weed invasion, disease problems and decline in turf\nquality. Hollow Tining is used to prevent damage from an excessive soil\ncompaction. It is also very important to provide the needed drainage, for water\ninfiltration and aeration at the root-zone and is done during the warm season\nwhen temperatures favour rapid shoot growth and coverage of the turf openings.\nThe use of sand on greens is essential because it helps to digest the organic\nmatter, enhancing the aeration of the root-zone, speed on greens and better\nrecovery from pitch marks. In order to minimize the disruption to golfers, hollow tinning is usually carried out in 2\nconsecutive journeys so that the 18 greens are aerated in the same week.\nThe surface smoothness restoration process includes top dressing, drag matting\nand rolling and greens are normally puttable after 3 days with rolling putting\nsurface within 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However\nin reality depending on a number of factors such as day and night time\ntemperatures and watering it usually take greens 15 to 20 days to return to a\nperfect condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\nyou have it\u2026so when you next question the parentage of the green keepers you\nwill understand the reasons just a little more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"