The golf course is slow to "green up" because of the unseasonably cold temperatures. When it does warm up (hoping next week) we should start to see the brown areas turn green. This week the greenkeepers have begun raking and smoothing out the bunkers to get them in "mid-season" form. Between the snow and winter rains, the sand has shifted and needs to be redistributed in an even matter. It roughly takes two weeks to iron out all the surfaces. On greens, we are beginning to lower the height of cut to increase green speeds. We hope to see you out on the golf course!
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.