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[jason-asiangolftours]

Coring Greens

It’s that time of year again folks, rolling into low season, so a lot of the clubs start their maintenance program. There are a lot of clubs coring their greens this month, so if you wanted to book a short stay, check with me and I can let you know who are doing what. 

This goes on a lot at this time of year, coring the greens. It doesn’t take a long time to do, but it can cause a bit of inconvenience, especially if you’re paying top dollar.

“Coring” is a golf club maintenance term that refers to the process through which greens (and sometimes fairways) are aerated. The process of aeration is a course maintenance technique that loosens the soil, opens up growing room for turf grass roots, and helps air, moisture and nutrients get to the roots. Coring is the way all that is done: A special machine removes small cores (or plugs) of grass from a green, leaving a hole behind. This process is done once, sometimes twice, a year at golf courses.

Coring the greens is also called punching the greens or plugging the greens. Sometimes the greenkeepers will refer to the process as "core aeration," and "coring" might even be used as a synonym for "aeration." (Most golfers think of aeration/aerification as the whole process of coring, topdressing and waiting for the greens to heal.)

Although we see this procedure as annoying, it is a necessary process to ensure the best conditions for the green. The first two or three days are worst.  A lot of clubs will do half the green at a time, ensuring that the other half is in good playing condition.

If you are planning a trip out to Thailand sometime soon, please let me know and I will find out what courses are having this done and when.