Every season we make plans to level and install new sod on 3 tees. One forward tee, one middle tee, and one championship tee. We choose 3 different tees so we make improvements for all of our clientele. It also fits into our operational budget better, since the middle tees tend to be larger, renovating 2 or more, would be stretching our budget for these projects, and lastly, we don't disrupt more than one tee station per golfing group. While most courses would consider projects like these capital projects, since ours is such a small scale, we just have the funds in our regular operating budget.
This year we renovated our # 14 middle tee, that was only useable for half the teeing surface, the back sloped away to severe for a proper level stance.
On the left is the before picture. Where the white markers are is about the back of the useable space on this tee.
On the right is the tee with the sod removed, which we did save as much as possible for a nursery area. The guys were moving some dirt around to level it.
The picture on the left shows how resourceful the crew were, using a level and long 2x4 to level off the tee top. Courses and/or contractors that do this work a lot will use laser levels hooked up to their equipment to level out the top.
The picture on the right shows the tee is awaiting sod.
This picture shows the tee with the new sod installed.
The boys were proud of their work. Typically most courses might do these type of projects during their slow seasons. We tend to do these projects during the summer months because that is when we have the most staff present.
We also enlarged our forward tee on # 16. The turf on it was thin, as the teeing space wasn't big enough to handle the extra play when we had added senior tees to this tee.
On the left is the before picture, the left side of the tee is not raised much, due to the terrain.
On the right side, we are spreading out the dirt that was added to widen this tee. It will give more teeing area and aligns the tee closer to the middle of the fairway.
The picture on the left is the tee waiting for sod.
The picture on the right is with the new sod installed.
We also installed new sod on our # 1 championship tee, which does suffer from excessive winter shade. We are investigating the possible interseeding of low mow Kentucky Blue grass, a practice that is being used on sports fields in our area, to help extend a good playing surface into the fall, when most warm season grasses, whose growth has really slowed due to the fall temperatures, struggle to handle the traffic.
The picture here on the right shows our # 1 championship tee awaiting sod. The two tall pines behind the tee block the winter sun, making the tee weak.
Mowing with a triplex where the mower doing a tight turn on the back of the tee also caused wear issues.
I can't believe I do not have an after or before picture. I guess that happens when we have a few projects going on, along with continued course maintenance work, pesticide applications, and irrigation work.
This year we also made an extra tee installation for our Junior PGA League players on our one par 3 where there was no fairway and a long carry for the younger kids across a drainage ditch. This tee made the hole a little easier on them, and more fun.
The picture on the left shows where we removed our fescue sod that is in our roughs, and on the right is the tee with the new sod installed. We thought it added an extra touch for the team, plus it was easier on our mower when we were mowing Bermuda and not fescue.
The golfers seemed pleased with the improvements we made, and the crew seems to enjoy the challenge and the satisfaction of a project well done. It really seems to break up the monotony of the daily grind that goes into preparing the course for play everyday.
As always,
Thanks for reading!
Mel
This year we renovated our # 14 middle tee, that was only useable for half the teeing surface, the back sloped away to severe for a proper level stance.
On the left is the before picture. Where the white markers are is about the back of the useable space on this tee. On the right is the tee with the sod removed, which we did save as much as possible for a nursery area. The guys were moving some dirt around to level it.
The picture on the left shows how resourceful the crew were, using a level and long 2x4 to level off the tee top. Courses and/or contractors that do this work a lot will use laser levels hooked up to their equipment to level out the top.
The picture on the right shows the tee is awaiting sod.
This picture shows the tee with the new sod installed.
The boys were proud of their work. Typically most courses might do these type of projects during their slow seasons. We tend to do these projects during the summer months because that is when we have the most staff present.
We also enlarged our forward tee on # 16. The turf on it was thin, as the teeing space wasn't big enough to handle the extra play when we had added senior tees to this tee.
On the left is the before picture, the left side of the tee is not raised much, due to the terrain.
On the right side, we are spreading out the dirt that was added to widen this tee. It will give more teeing area and aligns the tee closer to the middle of the fairway.
The picture on the left is the tee waiting for sod.
The picture on the right is with the new sod installed.
We also installed new sod on our # 1 championship tee, which does suffer from excessive winter shade. We are investigating the possible interseeding of low mow Kentucky Blue grass, a practice that is being used on sports fields in our area, to help extend a good playing surface into the fall, when most warm season grasses, whose growth has really slowed due to the fall temperatures, struggle to handle the traffic.
The picture here on the right shows our # 1 championship tee awaiting sod. The two tall pines behind the tee block the winter sun, making the tee weak.
Mowing with a triplex where the mower doing a tight turn on the back of the tee also caused wear issues.
I can't believe I do not have an after or before picture. I guess that happens when we have a few projects going on, along with continued course maintenance work, pesticide applications, and irrigation work.
This year we also made an extra tee installation for our Junior PGA League players on our one par 3 where there was no fairway and a long carry for the younger kids across a drainage ditch. This tee made the hole a little easier on them, and more fun.
The picture on the left shows where we removed our fescue sod that is in our roughs, and on the right is the tee with the new sod installed. We thought it added an extra touch for the team, plus it was easier on our mower when we were mowing Bermuda and not fescue.
The golfers seemed pleased with the improvements we made, and the crew seems to enjoy the challenge and the satisfaction of a project well done. It really seems to break up the monotony of the daily grind that goes into preparing the course for play everyday.
As always,
Thanks for reading!
Mel
No comments:
Post a Comment