Yesterday we mowed greens for maybe the last time in 2011. The mild weather and rain had made them grow a little more then we expected. This will increase the speed a little and smooth them out. We are also starting to pull in the ballwashers and rakes in for the winter. There will still be a few ballwashers out on the course for our winter players.
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.