2020 Course Renovations @ Nikanti Golf Club
It’s that time again! Late March, peak dry season, and the golf course maintenance team at Nikanti Golf Club are getting ready to undertake another full course renovation. Nikanti Golf Club aims to consistently produce some of the best turf surfaces in Thailand, which means processes like these are a must.
After the renovation program last year, soil organic matter in the top 20mm of the greens was reduced by 5.4%! See last year’s post to see how we were able to make such a huge reduction.
Needless to say, we were all very happy with the results, and the golfers were loving the firmer surfaces. This year we planned a similar program with the hope of taking another large chunk out of the surface organic matter and hopefully getting down to what would be our ideal organic matter concentration.
Below is a listed summary of the full program completed this year on all surfaces. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Greens
Vertical mow at -4mm in 2 directions, up and back on the same line
Double cut at 3mm up and back on the same line
Heavy topdress
Aerate with 12mm solid tines in 2 directions; 1.5” x 2” spacing
Brush in the sand by hand with brooms
Roll
Fertilise with 16-0-16
4-days later
Aerate with 6mm solid tines; 1.5” x 2” spacing
Roll
Brush
Soluble fertiliser and wetting agent
Tees
Graden (scarify) at -10mm
Mow at 6mm
Heavy topdress
Aerate with 12mm solid tines; 1.5” x 2” spacing
Level Lawn until smooth and holes are filled
Heavy roll
Fertilise with 21-7-14
Approaches
Vertical mow at -5mm in 2 directions, up and back on the same line
Double cut at 9mm up and back on the same line
Heavy topdress
Aerate with 16mm solid tines; 2” x 2” spacing
Coco drag mat smooth when sand is dry
Heavy roll
Fertilise with 21-7-14
Fairways
Circle cut at 7mm
Graden (scarify) at -20mm
Mow at 7mm
Topdress
Aerate with 16mm coring tines; 2.5” x 3” spacing
Heavy roll
Fertilise with 21-7-14
Rough
Mow from 40mm to 25mm
Mow from 25mm to 20mm
Aerate high traffic areas with 16mm coring tines
Fertilise with 21-7-14
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions with regard to this year’s program, would like to chat about your cultural programs, or if you’d like to submit any #OM246 organic matter samples for analysis.