Aerification Photos (and a few more)

I find it easiest to share our fall maintenance work in a slew of photos, instead of a bunch of text.  In two closed days, we've achieved weeks worth of work.  It's Tuesday evening and I guarantee that the entire staff will be sleeping well tonight unless they are too sore to do so.  You have a very hard working staff to be proud of and this is just a small example of their work during the most important week of the year.

We started with green aerification bright and early on #9.

After the greens are clean, here comes some fertilizer.

Next we put down some sand.  Abel and Santiago did a great job, perfect application with just the right amount.

In other news, Elidio was busy punching the fairways,
completing 5 holes in one day.

A tree company was out to trim the palms and it is
a huge improvement.

This mess is our new bunker on #2, which now looks great just 48 hours after they broke ground.

Finally the big one, next to our aerified, fertilized, top dressed, and seeded green, we are stripping
the collars.  6 holes were finished today and more tomorrow.

The last two pics deserve detailed posts of their own, and you will get them.  I will update you tomorrow on the results of the collar work which required the help of every single staff member.  Their efforts will produce long-term improvements in the playability and health of the golf course.  Hopefully,  I will supply enough donuts in the morning and Gatorade in the afternoon to keep them motivated.  So far, I am absolutely thrilled.