Aerating golf greens needs to be done Since we aerated the greens this week at Bellevue Golf Course, let’s talk about why this has to be done. We do this twice per year, pull out the cores, shovel ...

Many golf courses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region consider mid-August an indicator that aeration is upon us. Depending on location, desired turf species and golf calendar, core and solid-tine ...

If you’ve ever had a root canal, you understand your superintendent’s conflicted feelings about aerating greens. “The misnomer is that we love doing it — we hate it just as much as golfers do,” says ...

Welcome to Super Secrets, a GOLF.com series in which we pick the brains of the game’s leading superintendents. By illuminating how course maintenance crews ply their trades, we’re hopeful we can not ...

Golfers aren’t the only ones who hate it when superintendents aerate greens. “We hate it, too, believe me,” said Dick Zepp, who served as superintendent at Cyprian Keyes GC in Boylston for 20 years ...

Here we are, the golf season’s just getting cranked up, the Masters has gotten everyone excited, and the temperatures are warm enough to play almost every day. It’s a golf fanatic’s favorite time of ...