Soil Conditioning for the greens

As most of you know, our green are close to 30 years old and were built as "push up" style during construction. That's where you use existing soil to build the green and not USGA specific designed soil with sand and peat moss. This creates wet anaerobic soils during rain events and is what I experienced my first year here as Superintendent. As of today, through extensive soil conditioning and aggressive cultural practices. Our greens are able to be playable and in good condition after a heavy rain event. This is also the reason I monitor the weather patterns and create water management programs with proper applications of surfactants and fertilizers.
The picture in this post was taken after 4 inches of rain. We were able to roll and mow greens to produce a quality putting surface following a rain event. This was a challenge in the past. We will continue to aerify and condition the soil through Summer to continue our success!