Rough Sodding - Tees on Four

Installing rough sod where we removed the beginning of 11 fairway to use throughout the project on tees, collars and approaches.

The future IV tee on four.

The location of the new IV tee on 4.  Sod will be installed on Friday.

The old IV tee on four.  Did anyone like this tee location, tough driving hole!

The new III tee on four.

The new II tee on four. 

The view from the back, back tee on four.

With the new IV tee on the left side of 18 fairway, our architect brought the rough out for a cleaner look.  That tee looks like it's been there since 1915.

No plans for me using this tee!

 

Tees, Future Fairway Drainage, and Much More!

The new I tee on 2 is ready and in play.

More sodding right of the cart path on 2 tee finalizing the tee complex.  Rough sod deliveries this Friday and into next week! Keeping the GCIP moving until the end of the season.

The new back, back tee on 4.  Shaped and now being measured with the laser level.

As the spinning laser (not pictured) beeps with the measuring stick, the construction associate will label areas that are high, low or just right then those areas get adjusted then the tee gets sodded.

The future tees on four, this is the I tee location, ahead the II, the III is done and the IV will be in the rough on the left before the fairway.

First pic of the II tee on four looking east.

An early view of the new III tee location on four.

The left side of 12 tee, now with the rough sod installed.

The right slope of 12 I/II tee with a new built in grass walkway for the II tee players so they don't have to walk from the back of the tee.  I had my doubts of the concept but it turned out great!

The new 12 I/II tee shaped, lasered and ready for sod.

Sodding the new IV tee on 12.  It's a great location and I think such a clean look with the overgrown maples removed on the right, the scrubby pines on the left removed as well as the green side and rear trees removed.  Still lots of beautiful trees surrounding this hole.

Finished the sod work on Tuesday evening as the sun sets.

Open for play Wednesday morning for the ladies!

Starting to make plans on some of our infrastructure projects for 2026.  A walk through with the George Lay Company owner Brian and the project foreman Joe.  Sharing ideas on the best construction concepts to move water for a better playing surface. 

We will be installing much needed drainage in the fairways on holes 4,5,6,7.  GPS work is next then creating the designs and budgets.

The new I tee location on 6.  Very little work to do here as I think this area may have been a tee in the past.

Topdressing the 17th green.  I played twice last week and as a player, I was surprised how smooth the new greens putted.

My ground staff after the member pizza appreciation party!  Thank you to all of those who contributed with the construction team pizza party and with the grounds staff event.

 

Only a Few Tee Pictures this Week Plus Two Bonus Pics

This is looking back at the new III and IV tee on 10.  Tough spot to build a tee but I think it fits into the land very well.

Same 10th tee, opposite view.

The new IV tee on #1, looking back.

Not too much dozer work during our tee renovations.  The III tee #1 turned out being a big area of disturbance so all of the corners of the tee would wrap into the land around it.

                                        

                              Plate compacting the subgrade in the new bunkers on                                        17 and adding fresh sand.

                

The new bunkers on 17 are open for business.  The expanded  fairway edge shown will be mowed even further to the left so it can wrap in front of the bunker.

If you didn't know, my office and our grounds maintenance building is next to six green.

Through the airplane window.

 

New tees, new views, stump grinding and a small project on seven.

One of the things I have noticed with the new tee placements is that the fairway terrain, slopes and grades really stand out more.  This is the new III tee on 11 and open for play! 

The I tee on #3.

Really digging the new IV tee on 17, such a great view of the entire hole.  This tee will be sodded by the weekend and open.

Removing and saving the rough sod on the new IV tee on the right of #1.  We will be using this grass to sod over the stump areas once the stump grinder does his work and my staff cleans it all up and installs topsoil in the holes.

        
17 fairway, full of character and full of sand soon.

Another view and the fairway will be to the right of that white line and wrap around the bunkers quite nicely.

The phone call to the contractor is the easy part of stump removal.

Stump clean up is very labor intensive but we are doing this work in house with my staff to help save on the overall construction labor expense.

The old fairway bunkers on the right of 17 are gone and sodded.  Please drive around any new sod that you see on the golf course.

We are taking this time during the GCIP to improve all areas of the golf course.  We sodded the back of 7 green and collar where the grass has been so thin.  It's such a tight area, the greens mower, the roller, the collar mower, mowing banks, topdressing and even spraying greens is really tough on the back of 7 green.  Not much room to turn around in different areas back there.

Another view of the back of seven sod work.

The new I tee on 17.

Same tee now with the bank sodded.

Still lots of tee distance variety to be had on this new III tee on 3.

 

Congratulations Scott and tees, tees and more tees.

 

Congratulations Scott on your hole in one on #9!!

The I and II tees on 11.

The location for the III tee on 11 but a little more to the left.

The III tee on 8.

Sodding the old III tee on 8.

Left view of the new I and II tee on 8.

The right view of the new I, II tee on 8.

The view from the new II tee on 17 looking at 11 green.

The new II tee on 3.

The new II tee on 2. 

Rolling the sod 4x at least on the II tee on 18.  This is after using a walking plate compactor 4 times too.  They are turning out so nice!

Another view of 18 tee.

Sneaking in a non tee picture.  The fairway expansions have filled in very well this fall.  All we did was scalp the grass down to fairway height all at once.  Which took about 15 passes with our rough mower set at an inch then the fairway mower going over it multiple times.  The blower was there non stop getting rid of all of the material.  Then we aerified it with solid tines when we did our fairways then some granular fertilizer.  I guess it was more than "all we did."

The phase on the new path on 9 is to cut out the existing grade on the sides with the sod cutter and some muscle.  Topsoil, raking and packing is next, then seed and fertilizer.