As most Members know, long time Assistant Matt Willigan has moved on to become the Superintendent at Fiddler's Elow Country Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Matt spent ten years at Llanerch helping me install a new irrigation system, renovate the golf course and manage the department. I believe Fiddler's Elbow will be a better place place to golf under his stewardship. We all wish him well in his new endeavors and we will miss his trusty companion, Clancy, the black Labrador.
Starting yesterday, the construction crew began sodding the 18th green complex. They have installed bentgrass for the fairway extensions, low cut bluegrass for the intermediate cut and turf type tall fescue for the rough. They also installed some fine fescue on the bunker edges. We plan to finish sodding by tonight but might need to purchase a small quantity more next week to fix some construction wounds.