Bermudagrass scalping

With the greens aerification now complete and warmer temperatures , the bentgrass greens have started showing signs of growth.  The next couple of weeks should be all it takes for the greens to be healed in from spring aerification. 
As temperatures continue to get warmer, the maintenance department will start scalping down the Bermuda grass.  These areas will be the fairways, tee boxes, collars, and approaches.  Scalping is the act of lowering the mower height down to a point that the dead and dormant leaf tissue from the winter is removed, exposing the plant crowns and soil to more direct sunlight.  The direct sunlight warms the soil and plant canopy producing shoot growth.  You may notice that fairways and tee boxes that have been scalped are more green than the roughs that have not been scalped.