The 7th hole is all but finished with 3 last loads of sod coming tomorrow morning, some cleanup work around the access roads and of course growing in the green. I'm waiting for the last few invoices to come in but my best estimate is that the project came in on budget and on time almost to the day. Country Golf's main staff of Jim and Nick Deemer and I spent 12-15 hours a day for the last 3 weeks making sure we got things just right for what I think may be the best project we've done here at the club since I've been here. Rob McNeil's vision was spot on "Bass Rocks". Thank you to the entire project team, my maintenance team, the Greens Committee and the Board Of Governors.
We laid 3 truckloads of sod last week and the plugs we used for the green were spread on Friday. The heavy rains this weekend were perfect for both and we didn't have any significant washouts. The sod, plugs and seed will need to remain moist for the next few weeks. We've rolled the sod a few times in an effort to speed rooting and will be tending to the area regularly as you might assume.
Before I go any further, I realize its exciting but I would like to ask you ALL to stay off the sod and out of the area. It was a very frustrating day today with me having to ask at least 10 people to get off the sod. There are over 600 people that want to see what it looks like; not only is it wet and trying to root but you are wearing spikes. Now is not the time to walk past the signs and ignore the ropes; having to fix footprints and sod pieces that has been moved from walking on them shouldn't be necessary.
Here are some pretty cool drone shots that we took on Friday and I've marked one up with the location of the old green for reference
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