Finally some rain

 

It took some sort of tropical depression to bring us over an inch of rain this week and there is more coming. We had not gotten more than an inch since April 27th! Both courses are taking the rain nicely and will be ready for some heat and humidity this weekend. The bermuda in the rough really got its first good cut just this week!

In front of the rain this week we wanted to finish off the new drop area on 4 Sabot. The gold tee has always been subject to an excessive beating from everyone hitting it in the water so this new area will give some relief to that most forward tee. We hauled in a few loads of soil from the dump and started blending it into the hill.

By about 9:30 am on Monday Ben, Jose and David had the shape about ready for sod.

Two dump truck trips to two different sod farms yielded some zoysia for the drop area surface and bermudagrass for the surround. The sod farms continue to struggle against the dry weather and cool temperatures but this tee should be ready for action in 2-3 weeks.

Also on Monday we pulled some cores out of the new approach on 16 Sabot and the fairway modification on 9 Sabot from last year. Both areas were cleaned up and topdressed in front of the rain to help smooth out the surfaces.

The Pure Eclipse is officially at the same height on all 20 greens now on the Sabot. The less aggressive flex head mowers are set a .110" across the board so all these greens should be closing in on similar putting speeds. All of the greens have enjoyed the slow start to summer but the heat will be here at some point and we'll be ready!