Golf Fairways Scarification and Verticutting

Periodic scarification will also be needed as this helps to keep the surface slightly open and reduces any thatch build-up and can also help to reduce the content of trailing weeds within the sward.

Verticutting will also be undertaken to maintain an upright sward which, combined with scarification, will help to provide an ideal situation by allowing a golf ball to be struck more cleanly than on a matted, more prone leaved sward.

The frequency of verticutting will depend on available resources and may range from not being carried out, relying on scarification only, to fortnightly, or greater.