Project Update - September 14

After much delay, the teeing grounds on hole #1 are complete! We faced several delays due to rain at the sod farms, but were finally able to get the sod installed yesterday and today. While all the previous sod was installed by our employees by hand, the sod on number one was installed by a contractor. We used roll sod on the first tee. Almost like carpet, the sod comes in a big roll. A machine then rolls the sod out flat. While this is difficult to do on green slopes due to the bunkers, roll sod is ideal for a tee location. There are much fewer seams with the rolls which makes it easier to get the tee surface flat and smooth.

The new tees are quite remarkable in terms of making the golf hole feel more connected from tee to green. There is significantly more square footage which will be helpful in managing wear during the busy winter season.

Once the sod on #1 tee has sufficiently established roots, we will begin mowing it. It will take a few weeks to get it established, but we hope to be playing off the new tees by the first part of October.

The work completed on the rest of the golf course is maturing nicely. We continue to mow the new sod and will begin lowering the heights of cut next week. The bunkers and surrounding slopes are holding strong and we are also lowering mowing heights in these areas. You may notice some scalping of the grass in some areas. While not ideal, it is common to see some of this as we lower cutting heights.

We plan to open hole #15 later next week.

The bunker sand is scheduled to be installed in the new bunkers the the week of September 24th.


The newly completed first tee. Now with three tee boxes!


A machine is being used to unroll new sod onto the first tee.


As always, we get an early start in the morning.