Lawrence
do your fairways go into two-tone colouring - some green and 'healthy' whilst other areas are pale, straw-coloured and thin. If so, there is every chance you have 'thatch' which has dried out and gone hydro-fobic (well, at least prevented the irrigation from getting through to the soil underneath).
If you committee likes 'healthy' green, take them out to the site of the two-tone, and take a couple of cores. I'll bet you'll see a significantly deep layer of hard, dead root material.
We widened some fairways last year with stolons (santa anna couch). At this stage of our summer, these 'new areas' are firm, green and healthy. Right next to it are fairways that are fine to play golf from, but are two-tone. Exactly the same nutrients and irrigation, just 7 years old rather than one year old. And we 'scarified' last year! Some fairways are getting a more aggresive surface removal this year.
James B