I worked the lead Mechanic or Shop Forman at a golf course. Atlant National in ALPHARETTA. for a number of years. I will tell you keeping up a meticulous yard is no cake walk. Be prepared to give up all your off time to yard work. One thing I know for sure is you need to aerate you have to remove the hard plugs and then spread sand over the whole yard. This allow the soil and grass to breath and shed excess water. You will need to do this twice a year. If you don't scrape up the hard plugs and sand it you are just replacing hard dirt with hard dirt. We did this to out green and fairways twice a year like clock work. Spring and fall before the Zoysia went dormant.
I would start of tilling the yard and mixing top soil and sand about 60/40 and then rolling it to smooth it out. Then start your seeding or Sod work. Seeding or laying Sod on that hard low nutrient soil is going to fail miserably.
I would start of tilling the yard and mixing top soil and sand about 60/40 and then rolling it to smooth it out. Then start your seeding or Sod work. Seeding or laying Sod on that hard low nutrient soil is going to fail miserably.