Our fairway topdressing program at the club is in full swing and this year marks the first year for all the fairways to receive sand. The newly added fairways to the list include 1,2,3,7,10,14 & 18.
The program is in various stages and the picture below shows the effect the sand is having to the soil profile. For example, 4 fw is in its 3rd year, while 4 approach has been getting topdressed for 5 years. The sand accumulation is dependent on how often we topdress and how heavy the application of sand was. Initially, 4 approach, 10 approach and 6 fw were aggressively topdressed with a number of heavy applications of sand spanning the first 2 years. Our current program on all of the fairways is much lighter so the sand accumulation in those profiles will be slower.
