We have taken the last two days to mow the fairways for the last time for the foreseeable future. We have also kept chasing down those pesky remaining leaves throughout the course. The staff will continue to focus on removing and storing more plants from around the clubhouse. The 9th green has a cover on it to promote root growth over the winter. We will also be adding sand to the 9th approach in hopes of firming up the surface for next year play.
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.