Season about to start - time to tine the Greens?

[Oddsocks]

Ours were done two weeks ago last Sunday they were looking ok, I'm guessing with this weeks rain and warm weather they should be pretty much bang on, which is great as our order of merit and all big season majors get under way next week

 

[bladeplayer]

Ours were done weeks ago.
Last week we played with them covered in the little gritty grains that make your balls go blue.
A few days later we played with them covered in sand.
Then we had to hold up at several greens as the staff were sweeping them.
Putting speeds have changed from game to game.
A bit of a pain for a few weeks along with temporary tees and mats but.... they'll soon be superb and we'll have to learn to putt properly all over again.

Has to be a joke in there somewhere

 

[BTatHome]

The little Blue grains are probably some kind of slow release fertiliser (or similar) that has been added.

The tining is generally to reduce the compacting of the surface, allowing better growing, and usually reducing a thatch layer. Overall a necessary evil that we all live with. Some courses choose to do it early in the year (leading to bumpy greens for longer periods until they grow in), or later to allow much faster recovery. Have even seen many places do it during august, causing many words from members but recovering so quickly that it's quickly forgotten.

 

[didsbury_duffer]

Usually done twice a year in Mar/Apr and Aug/Sept, but a necessary evil as someone has already said. We also undertake divoting parties at end of March, where 20 or so members are out on the fairways filling in divots with a soil and seed mix. Now this really does make a difference come the summer months.

 

[ManinBlack]

It always annoyed me that, just as the greens were looking nice, they would hollow tine them. I always thought that all they were doing was taking out what they put in the previous year. They took so much out one year they used the material to build a green on the practice ground complete with bunker! Now they just give them a light solid tine and top dress and verticut them to eliminate the thatch. They've never been better and recover in a week.

 

[USER1999]

Ours have been done, fairways too. It's like playing on the beach.

 

[bozza]

Apparently ours were done during the week and the couple of iffy areas we have on 1 or 2 greens have been hand tinned down to 7" to help the root zone.

Played today and to be honest they ain't bad, just need a little bit more warm weather to get a little bit more growth.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Ours were done a few weeks ago but you wouldn't know it. The are putting really well.

I putted like a donkey. Couldn't get a feel for them today and didn't think they rolled well. They are getting better after a few years of disease in them. They are going to be excellent in a few weeks. Might have to say the fault might be mine and not the greens (surely not!)

 

[richart]

and a lot of drinking afterwards!

No different to any of your other rounds then.

 

[need_my_wedge]

Perfect time to do it - weather is getting warmer , lots of water underneath to help the grass really grow.

Right not greenkeeper and clubs should be taking advantage of the recent poor weather and getting greens and fairways sorted

Ours were done a week or two back. Played yesterday and thought they were in good nick. In fact thought that for.much of the course.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

Ours were done this week. Played yesterday and we needed a bucket and spade on the greens.... so much sand it was unreal. But it should improve the moss situation and I hope in a week or so should be good.

 

[Scazza]

Our greens were tined about 2 weeks ago, still bumpy but should be better over the next couple of weeks.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Ours were done a week or two back. Played yesterday and thought they were in good nick. In fact thought that for.much of the course.

They need a good iron and prob another deep core hollow to really get the thick deep root growth - but looking good.