Operation, 'Manual Clear-up!'

The clear-up of the cores ejected from the greens is completed by hand.  

We were blessed with dry-weather for the duration of our work with heavy equipment so this manual-handling operation was straightforward, clean and tidy.  

RMS greenkeepers clearing-off cores and debris from the putting surfaces

This photo offers an indication of the cleanliness of the hollow-coring activity.  By getting the gearing, engine-revs and forward-speed of the tractor-unit set-up appropriately we guaranteed the smooth operation of the hollow-tines.  

Alongside a £1-coin there is evidence of an adequate spacing and clean holes with no plucking, tears, or otherwise disturbed putting surface.

With cores and debris cleared away the smooth machinery operation is revealed

The next stage of the operation is to start slinging sand everywhere and compliment this with applications of seaweed soil-builders, seed and an organic early-season granular fertiliser . . . . . .