Back to verticutting greens.  We have begun verticutting greens again now that they have healed from aerification.  The biggest reason that we delay verticutting after aerification is that this practice brings too much of our topdressing sand used during aerification back to the surface.  Thus it becomes very difficult for the mowers to maintain a quality cut.  It is typically only delayed about 2 - 3 weeks at the most.  This year we have set a goal to maintain a more aggressive vertical mowing on a weekly basis.  Combine this practice along with routine rolling and we will achieve the quality greens that everyone desires.  This picture is of us on the 11th green of the Whitworth course yesterday and the immediate result afterwards.