#2 Green Fairy Ring Removal

Just before tournament time, some spots of fairy ring appeared on #2 green. The reason for these spots were because of light nutrient deficiencies. One application of Nitrogen would have resolved this problem, but we only had two or three days before our tournament. The Nitrogen application would take a bit longer to kick in. The alternative to a Nitrogen application was to take the cup cutter and square plug cutter and replace the fairy ring spots with fresh turf. This is what we did. Unfortunately, I was unable to take pictures. With four or five spots affected by fairy ring, we cut the spots out and replaced them with turf from the driving range putting green. We filled the holes on the putting green and applied bentgrass seed. The patches on #2 green were knitted in and the green was ready for the tournament.