Several tons of sand are applied to each green during the aerification process. In the first week following the hole punching, the rolling and mowing can be quite messy with sand sticking to the machines' rollers, and clumps of sand all over the greens.
To eliminate this, we could wait until the greens are completely dry before trying to put a piece of equipment on them. However, starting to address the greens at 11:00 in the morning doesn't work too well with play all over the course.
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| A look back towards #17 tee shows the green with a nice (but sticky) coating of dew. |
The other option is to give the sprinklers one spin immediately before putting a mower or roller on them. While it may seem counterintuitive that more water would make them less prone to picking up sand, this actually works really well.
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| The irrigation water knocks the dew off the leaf blades. |
Of course, if you think about walking down the beach after a wave rolls in, maybe it shouldn't be too surprising that water leads to less sticking. With this method, we are able to get out ahead of play, and produce a relatively smooth putting surface more quickly.
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