One of the biggest unexpected jobs that we had to contend with this summer during our greens renovation was repairing the winterkill damage that occured this past winter. As you may recall back in February, we spent over 300 hours below freezing, almost breaking a 40 year old record for consecutive hours below 32 degrees. Not to mention, the snow we did get during the coldest part of that two week event blew off many of our north slopes and hill tops. This exposed the Bermudagrass to some of the coldest air we've seen in a generation (-14 actual). Predictably, many areas on the fairways and roughs didn't survive. So, along with the work required to prepare and grow in the new tees, greens and collars, we had to sod cut, remove the dead turf and resod many areas throughout the golf course. I'd estimate we lost almost 10% of the bermuda on the golf course (8 acres). Our team has spent hundreds of hours this summer laying sod with the goal to be filled in by opening day. As of today, our team has laid over 60 pallets of sod on fairways and surrounds.
As you can see from the pictures below, we are still growing in areas and will likely not have all the repaired turf grown in to the extent you can't see the sod lines. There will be visible sod lines and/or sprigged areas that will need time this fall to fill in before winter. Please help us by keeping carts off these areas until they finish filling in.
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| Damaged turf was sod cut and removed |
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| #11 all ready for new sod! |
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| Once new sod is laid and begins to root, it is shaved down to height |
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| After a few weeks, the new sod acclimates to the new cutting height. Sod lines will be gone by next summer |
