Now that the usually hot weather of last week has passed by, we are going to be busy improving "playability" of the course. The first step is grooming the fairways and greens today. "Grooming" is a process of mechanically standing the turfgrass straight up. This increases green speed and minimizes thatch build up. We will also lightly topdress the greens and fairways with sand. The sand firms up the surface, improves drainage and reduces potential scalping when we mow. The greens will be finished today. The fairways will take us any where between 2 to 4 day depending on the weather.
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.