Trees on 1

Number 1 and 4 greens are taking much longer to recover from aerification and the overall health of these two greens are consistently lower than the rest. Both are smaller greens as far as pin positions to spread out traffic. They are also located in the worst growing environments on the property. Air movement and morning sun are very scarce throughout the entire season, causing much weaker turf during stressful periods. We dodged many bullets and proceeded with caution to get us through another tough summer, but any little change in weather would have broken our thin ice. Unfortunately, there is not much more we can do on 4 as last winter we thinned out some trees on the right and cleaned up the underbrush between it and 16. We were going to wait until the winter to remove the grove on 1, but with the effects it had on slowing the healing and delays it would have caused with frost, we decided to move forward and strengthen the turf for next season. Below are some of the pictures taken at 9:00 before the removal and if the sun shines in the next 2 weeks, I will add some updated pictures. We will be adding some smaller plant material this fall to fill in the void we created, but in the meantime we are just letting the green breathe.