We finally have a little break in the rain. Golfers are out on the course again, and we are trying to get the last of our spring projects completed. With a nice, sunny Monday with the course closed, we decided to tackle the expansion of #6 fairway. For years, committees have contemplated extending the sixth fairway to better accomodate shorter hitters. Finally, with a little help from designers and member opinions, we decided to bite the bullet and get it done.
The big question was where to get the grass. Because we have bentgrass/poa annua in our fairways, bluegrass in our rough, and ryegrass in our step-cut, we could not simply 'mow it down'. With the helpl of designers and golfers, we looked around and decided to use some of the excess bentgrass that exists on #1 fairway. The fairway grass that goes almost all the way to the front of the tee is unnecessary, and we decided to pinch the fairway on the right side a bit to better direct the golfer to the left dogleg. This afforded enough sod to extend the 6th by about 25 yards or so.
We had hoped to have things buttoned up mostly by Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, the amount of tedious labor it takes to transplant three different types of sod back and forth across the golf course means this project will likely take until later in the week. Also, the lightening and thunder on Tuesday cost us about an hour and a half. We will try to work in and out of play to get the job done and out of your way.
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| Start by cutting the fairway edge away from the step cut. |
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| Workers then make a horizontal cut across the sod to make for manageable pieces. |
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| Rolling up the sod on #6 |
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| After the sod was removed, there was a fair amount of re-grading that needed to be finished. Low areas were filled in and the area was smoothed for the finer fairway turf. |
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| By late afternoon, we were laying the new fairway. Still have quite a bit of work moving the step-cut and finishing up number 1 fairway. |
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