We are well on our way in the tee renovation project we are working on in-house. The project is going well considering mother nature certainly has not cooperated! The plan is to re-use the sod we have stripped on the 5th tee to save some costs. The 2nd tee complex will be sodded to brand new bentgrass sod. These two tees are the two weakest structurally on the golf course so the finished product will be quite drastic comparatively. As is visible with the infested tree roots in the tee above, the health of the tee has certainly been compromised by the roots over the years. A good example of why trees and healthy turf do not exist together!
New irrigation lines have been trenched and set and the tee soil mix has been placed on the new tees. We will continue to fight the weather to get the projects done in the near future so the sod can establish before the long winter. The plan is to be able to open the new tees first thing in the spring when the course opens.
Mike O'Neill, GCS
