Fall in the Willamette Valley means one thing for golfers: gorgeous, mild days perfect for a round... right up until you walk onto a green that looks like it lost a fight with a rototiller. Yep, it's aerification season again for Portland-area courses. Why Courses Aerate Aerification is the process where course crews pull small plugs of soil and turf out of the greens, leaving a field of holes that can throw off your putts for a bit. It looks brutal, but it's one of the most

If you golf around the Treasure Valley, you already know the drill: greens are rolling perfect, you're feeling good about your putting for once, and then you show up one day to find the entire surface looks like it survived a hailstorm. That's aerification, and out here in Boise's high desert climate, it runs on its own calendar — spread across summer and into fall rather than crammed into one short fall window like you'll see on the wetter side of the Cascades. Why Courses d

Fall golf in the PNW hits different — cooler mornings, that first hint of color on the maples, and just enough crispness in the air to make you actually enjoy walking 18. But right about the time you're settling into peak fall-golf mode, you step up to the green, take your putt... and it dies in a hole three feet short. Welcome back to aerification season. Why Courses Punch Holes in Perfectly Good Greens If you're newer to the game (or just never bothered to ask), aerificatio