This week we have the Balcomie course closed to let us carry out essential aeration work to the greens, first job is to verti-drain down to a depth of 9" to help air and water movement and help promote deep rooting

 next stage is to hollow core with a 1/2" tine to take out excess thatch and rough grasses

 then clean up all cores which we are using on hole 14 of the Craighead course to level of an area so we can cut with mower plus it will be safer under foot for golfers

We have hired a core collector for the week as it saves so much time and labour, hopefully these jobs will be completed in the next 2 days weather permitting then we will start verti-cutting, over seeding and top-dressing to back fill all the core holes. On the Craighead course we cut greens with grass boxes off as still lifting fert, raked bunkers and moved tee markers then divoted tees, started to cut fairways and levelled off the area where the cores are getting dumped.