Our first summer aerification on our putting surfaces went as planned and we successfully achieved our goals of pulling 3/8th inch diameter cores from the greens. Removing this material from our putting surfaces allows us to create channels and holes to add sand into, which will help maintain firmness and the overall health of these areas. To reduce the stress on the turf after pulling the cores out of the ground, we blew the cores off with backpack blowers. Typically we ren