South Course Fairway Aerification

With the fairways generally being around ten times the area of a the putting greens on the golf courses we would use a tractor mounted pull behind fairway aerifier.  However, with one unavailable to suit our needs, we set out to aerify the fairways on the South Course with the same walk behind aerifiers that we use on the greens and tees.  One machine can aerify one acre in 80 minutes.  The South Course has 26 acres of fairways, which constitutes roughly 35 man hours.  The benefits of using the walk behind aerifiers over our current fairways pull behind aerifier, is more of the surface area is disrupted allowing for better water infiltration, reduced compaction, and better air penetration into the soil.  It also provides topdressing to help control thatch.  All leading to better playing surfaces for our golfers in the future.