13 tee project complete

The construction of the new forward tee on hole #13 is now complete.  As we discussed in in the earlier post, New forward tee #13, this will be a big improvement for people playing from the forward tee as they will not have to hit up the hill, and sometimes even watch their ball roll back down to them.

The tee was constructed with native soil so it would match the other tees on the golf course and play  and feel the same.  Then 1" sand was laid over the top of the soil and the sod that was used was grown on a sand based media that we had seeded last year in our nursery.  The purpose of this was to keep all the tees the same, as our current tees on the course have a 3" sand layer that we built up on top of the native soil from 5 years of topdressing.  Now this tee has 3" of sand with turf that is growing in sand and it should have the same feeling and traction as the tees on the rest of the course.

Native soil being placed and compacted

Grading native soil

Sand capping the tee

Sodding

View from the tee as the hole will play

As soon as the soil temperature warm up and things start to grow we will roll the tee, topdress, and fertilize it.
The new hole #13 will will play 350 yards as a Par 4, and we will move #14 back to play as a par 5 at 426 yards.  These two tees should be open for play by ladies member-guest, The RockChuck, on May 2.