Golf course sands are different ... Aeration comes in when soils are heavily compacted or the turf is thick with thatch. The greens get punched and sanded, and the sand is worked into each ...

USGA agronomists work with golf facilities across North America to help them ... is a layer of old plant material that accumulates at the soil surface. If thatch on putting greens is not diluted by ...

Country Club and a longtime member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association ... relieving the pressure of all the foot traffic greens receive. Thatch is dead organic matter.

too much thatch leads to poor golf conditions and turf more vulnerable to decline. Thatch Removal With Core Aeration And Vertical Mowing Core aeration and vertical mowing are routinely used on putting ...

Explore our full review Golf Digest ... firms the surface and dilutes the thatch. Interesting. You mention the top dressing helping with rolling the greens. Can you explain that a little more?

machinery and golf buggies – all of which are putting actual physical pressure on the grass which is then being compacted, resulting in creating thatch. More on that later… On the greens ...

That’s what we discussed with Mike Dachowski, the director of agronomy at Shelter Harbor Golf ... the thatch. Interesting. You mention the top dressing helping with rolling the greens.