This spring, with the help from our golf course architect Brian Huntley, we will be embarking on the board approved project of squaring off all the tees on the South course and seeding new areas of native fescue. I assisted Brian for 2 days in January with lining up the tees to the landing zones in the fairways and measuring out all the new teeing surfaces. When they were lined up and measured out the way he wanted, we squared them off with PVC pipe and were able to get a visual look at the final shape before we begin the project.
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| #2 South Ladies Tee |
In April our staff will begin to remove approximately 7 to 10 feet of sod from around the new teeing surfaces and we will be seeding them to Kentucky bluegrass. These areas are being stripped and seeded to remove existing bentgrass and
Poa annua contamination around the tees as well as reestablishing areas to rough that used to be part of the tee top. A few select tees will be completely stripped and laser graded to level the teeing surface and then the original sod will be placed back on the tee. Following this process the tees will be heavily topdressed with sand to fill in all the seams and promote a fast recovery.
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| #1 South Men's Tee |
The fescue areas that will be seeded are going to begin in May. These areas that are currently bluegrass rough will be killed with glyphosate (Round-up), mowed down very short, treated with a pre-emergent herbicide to hold off germination of summer annual weeds, and seeded with our chosen fescue varieties. Native fescue areas generally take 2 to 4 years to mature completely, so patients is needed. They will grow to about 3 inches the first year but will not produce seed heads until at least the second year. After it matures, native fescue will produce a beautiful golden seed head for the summer months and offer a beautiful landscape. These pictures are of a mature native fescue stand and are a good representation of what members can expect to see here in years to come.
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| Example of Mature "Native" Fescue |
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| Example of Mature "Native" Fescue |
