Since my last blog post, we have had all kinds of weather: heat, a dry period and then heavy rain. The rough has thickened up in many location and some "brown areas" have turned green. Some of those "brown areas" are by design. They are the result of applications of herbicide to kill weeds like nut sedge, bermuda grass and small spots of crabgrass. This will be most apparent on number 18. Next week I will begin to post details about some exciting plans to improve the 18th hole coming this fall. Enjoy the 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.