We are in a race against time as the staff tries to ready the remaining greens for opening play on Tuesday, September 14th. The difficulty with the new grass is preparing a smooth surface that will allow the mowers to cut the grass without scalping the uneven spots. Also, the grass arrived at a high height, so we have to start at a similar mowing height and bring the grass down slowly. Yesterday, the new sod on the back nine greens was rolled, hand topdressed and fertilized. For Wednesday, all the greens will be treated with a fungicide, mowed and repair plugs planted on #1,2,4, 17 and 18. Some sod work will be done on the practice green if time allows.
From the cart path, the greens look good because they have lots of grass on them. From a playing standpoint, they are not very smooth and they have lots of grass which translates to slow speeds. With each passing week, the frequent topdressings and gradual lowering of the mowing height will result in more player satisfaction with the putting surfaces.
Hopefully, we will not lose a day or two to the remnants of the hurricane moving up from Texas and Oklahoma later today?
Heavy topdressing on #10 green after the new sod was rolled.
Topdressing on #12
Topdressing crew waiting on the roller to finish smoothing out new sod on #15 green.
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