New Look to #3 Tee

This past Friday we were able to get all the soil hauled in (and rough graded) that was needed for our project on #3 Tee.  We are splitting #3 tee up into 3 tees by elevating the middle third of the tee 18" and the back third 36".  This is being done to break up the "Runway tee" and to allow sight lines to the pond from any where on the tee.  The final grading, irrigation installation, and seeding will be completed this spring and the back two thirds should open for play by early summer.
We will also be adding a new blue/black tee for #12 and a new forward tee to #7.  All of this was done with the money that was donated by Stan Hollen and Mike Hilliard.

Clearing snow from the existing tee surface.

More snow clearing and attempting to strip top soil (it was too frozen).

Staking, hauling soil and shaping the middle third of the tee.

View from the 12th tee box.

Finishing the shaping of the middle third and staking the back third.

Finishing the shaping of the back third and hauling in some top soil for the both back tiers.

View from the 12th tee.

New Tee

Wednesday we undertook a small project that the Green Committee requested.  We removed sod from the right half of the Blue tee on #11 and created a second tee above and further back.  We were able to finish up the project this afternoon.

 The first phase was to remove the existing rough height Bluegrass from the sight of the new tee.  This step is not necessary if you are creating an elevated tee but is a good practice for a shallow tee.  It ensures that the underlying turf does not grow through the soil mix into the new Bentgrass sod.

  

 The next step a sand/peat soil mixture is added to create a level surface teeing surface.  This will also give the tee some added drainage.

Following this the sod is laid down making sure to stagger the seams of the sod to aid in moisture retention.

The final step is to add the sand/peat mixture to the seams, trim the edges to create a smooth perimeter, sod the perimeter with Kentucky Bluegrass, fertilize with a starter fertilizer, heavily saturate the tee and rope off.  If all goes well the tee will be opened in three to four weeks.