We
have been diligently working on removing the ryegrass from the collars this
Fall. We have dedicated four to five crew members each afternoon to
complete this task. We have replaced about three thousand square feet of
contaminated areas with clean bentgrass. This will be an on-going task
for our team each year, but not to this extreme amount. As we finish this
project, we wanted to give everyone a visual of what we have been removing. In
the photograph below, the darker blades of grass represent the rye grass that
we strive to eradicate, thus enhancing play-ability and aesthetics.
A sod cutter was used to remove large areas and a cup cutter to more precisely remove smaller areas. In the below picture a sod cutter was used to remove the contaminated area and prepared for new bentgrass. In the second picture below, the bentgrass was added. By the Spring season you will not see the seams of the sod when the bentgrass starts to grow more aggressively.
Now that we are finishing up with removing sod from the par 3 green, we will be replacing the green with new varieties of bentgrass. By doing this, we can stay on the cutting edge of different varieties and decide which is the best for how we manage greens. Sorry for the disruption, and look forward to seeing you on the course.
Now that we are finishing up with removing sod from the par 3 green, we will be replacing the green with new varieties of bentgrass. By doing this, we can stay on the cutting edge of different varieties and decide which is the best for how we manage greens. Sorry for the disruption, and look forward to seeing you on the course.
Justin Hunt
Asst. Superintendent
