Travels with Terry

Nightime Greens Aerification

“We wanted to aerify greens at night so we could complete them all in one day,” says Brian Goleski, superintendent at the Noyac Golf Club in Sag Harbor (The Hamptons), N.Y. The Toro ProCore 648 Greens Aerator is equipped with three, 150 lumen LED utility lights, with mounting brackets, model No. 41001-2551 manufactured by Ironton purchased from Northern Tool. A 5/16-inch hole was drilled to bolt each light bracket. The light switch, Toro model No. 95-8999, which controls all three lights, was installed by cutting out a square on the switch panel. Each light/bracket costs $29.99 plus shipping/handling and it took about 1∂ hours to install. J.R. Wilson, equipment manager; Chris Briggs, first assistant; Tim Melian, second assistant; and Dan Powell, third assistant, round out the successful team at Noyac.

Magnetic Greens Mowing Height Displays

The ULine Magnets, model No. S-6421, measuring 1 inch by 1½ inches cost about $.35 each and are rated at one pound of strength, are mounted onto the walk-behind greens mowers control panel so different mowing heights can be displayed quickly and easily. A Brother P-Touch Label Maker is used measuring 18mm (.7 inches), with a 36-point font size using orange-colored tape. The magnets will definitely hold-up for one season and they could be knocked off when a power washer nozzle gets too close to them. The Toro Flex 21 Greens Mower control panel also displays the hour meter, when the next servicing is due label and the section that each respective mower is used. Attaching all of the labels to the magnets took about 30 minutes. Brian Goleski is the superintendent and J.R. Wilson is the equipment manager at the Noyac Golf Club in Sag Harbor, N.Y.