A Little Facelift

One area of the course that was in need of a facelift was the 3 bunkers on the right hand side of #9. Fine Fescue grasses do well with minimal inputs and due to the location of the sprinklers this area was constantly being over-watered. This produced excessive growth and the grass to lay over on itself causing matting issues.  The plan was to re-grass the area to Kentucky Bluegrass so that it can be maintained and the irrigation coverage utilized. The area will be maintained at 2-3" from this point on.

Before.  The native grasses were clumpy and infested with weeds.

First we cut the grass as short as possible and prepared the area for sod cutting. As you can see, the sod cutter did not fare so well.

Martin weed whacking to make sod cutting easier

Josh and Corey attempting to sod cut

We decided to bring out the big toys to help with sod removal.

Once the sod was stripped, 4,500 square feet of sod was laid.  Over the course of a week, the right hand side of 9 has received a facelift. 

Finished Product!