Golf aerification

Golf aerification: A measure to maintain the golf course All golfers have one thing in common - the range of excuses for a bad shot or a bad result is never the golfer's fault - there are always plenty of excuses: in addition to gusts of wind, strong sunlight, poor visibility, bad equipment, disturbing noises, the location, poor soil or poorly maintained greens, fairways and tees are often to blame for a bad golf shot. The golf courses and the greenkeeper team often do everything possible to at least make the landscape excuse invalid. In addition to the daily trimming of the grass, everything underneath must also be maintained as well as possible. And this is precisely why golf course maintenance uses golf aerification. Definition of golf aerification Golf aerification is one of the most important maintenance measures in greenkeeping and must be carried out at least once a year, especially in the area of the greens, pre-greens and tees. Ultimately, the aim is to aerate the soil and thus avoid soil compaction and to ensure a better oxygen content and thus better root growth, as well as to eliminate foreign grasses or other unwanted plants. For golf aerification, a so-called hollow spike machine is used, with which soil cores with a depth of 6-8 cm and a diameter of 6-8 mm are extracted from the ground, perforating the turf cover with up to 800 holes per m². Golf aerification is followed by sanding or top dressing, in which the holes are filled with sand. So the next time you walk across a golf course and want to blame the condition of the grass for poor shots, you should consider beforehand how much energy and effort the greenkeepers put into the golf course. Because the greatest science of course maintenance is in the turf and soil - remember this when you hit a divot out of the ground. You can make a simple contribution to course and turf maintenance by resetting it. The removal of pitch marks on the sensitive green should also be taken seriously and followed by every golfer (Pitch forks as well as the official rule book and golf books are available here in the online store). Pro tip: If you win a golf tournament and have to say a few words to the audience, don't forget to thank the greenkeeper team for the excellent condition of the course. This is customary at many tournaments and extremely important - it is therefore always part of basic golfing etiquette. After all, your result might have been much worse if the course had been in a different condition.