Since the season, most all of the golf course has recovered very well. One area that I could not seem to nurse to recovery was the blue/white tee on the 9th hole. We tried a variety of things, but nothing seemed to help. We thought that this would make a good test area for “Celebration” bermuda-grass. Celebration is supposed to be more shade tolerant and hold up better under play with quicker recovery times. We first stipped all of the exsisting sod and then smoothed the surface, prepping it for sod.
Once the surface was prepped,we laid down the sod and watered it liberally.
We have since scalped, rolled and top-dressed the surface. It currently looks somewhat brown, but it will be fine. This always occurs after the first mowing, but will improve with subsequent mowings. I hope to have the tee usable by the end of August if not sooner.
