Progress report with Greens

On Tuesday, all the back nine greens and part of the practice green were sodded with new bentgrass. The sod arrived in a refrigerated truck by 7:00 am  and the crew was laying grass by 7:30.

For Wednesday, the crew focused on topdressing all the ballmarks and small blemishes on the greens that are scheduled to open this Saturday.  Greens 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17 and 18. This work will be completed by the of end of Thursday.

As of now, I'm trying to bring the mowing height down without causing any stress or scalping of the surface. Lowering the mowing height will be a slow process that may take all of September to get to the final cutting height.

The green speed will be very slow at the start and the pace should improve with each passing week. On the greens with alot of sod, like #1, 2,4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16, a smooth ball roll will take some time to achieve. Again, with each passing day, the greens will improve as we go into Fall.

  #12 green sodded and seams topdressed

#10 green sodded and topdressed

Ball marks topdressed on #9 green in preparation of reopening for Saturday