After we finished up our drain and sod project on #6 fairway, we had some extra sod left over and decided to use the sod to fix a few other areas around the course. We fixed parts of the collars on #3, #4, #7, #8 and #9. Other than #7 these areas of the collars were worn out areas that needed to get sodded. We had tried seeding all of the areas but had little success due to high amounts of traffic.
On #7 we have been fighting some scalping on the right edge of the green towards the back due to the original design of the green edge. Tom and I made the decision to make the green a little smaller by about 18" and change the area from green height to collar height by adding in some of the rye grass sod. This should help out with the scalping issue from the greens mower now that the edge of the green does not drop off in the last 18 inches. This will also give a little more room for the balls that run off the green in this area. We were also able to cut out some of the good areas of the green edge and use those plugs to fix a couple areas on other greens.
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On #7 we have been fighting some scalping on the right edge of the green towards the back due to the original design of the green edge. Tom and I made the decision to make the green a little smaller by about 18" and change the area from green height to collar height by adding in some of the rye grass sod. This should help out with the scalping issue from the greens mower now that the edge of the green does not drop off in the last 18 inches. This will also give a little more room for the balls that run off the green in this area. We were also able to cut out some of the good areas of the green edge and use those plugs to fix a couple areas on other greens.
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| #7 Green- White paint will be the new green edge |
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| More collar and less green |
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| Enrique fixing the front of the green with plugs |
