Early in January we started the process of releveling #17 Medal tee. When originally constructed, none of the course's tees had internal drainage, so we decided that while this tee was undergoing some work, we would add drain lines. Quickly the sod from this tee was stripped, stacked and stored.
However, as soon as the new drain lines were installed, we got heavy rain and the deep freeze of January. After a fast start, we then went the better part of a month without being able to get a shovel in the ground.
The sod we had planned on reusing was moved multiple times during this period. When we were finally able to get back on the tee and finish grading it, the calendar had flipped a page to February, and the decision was made to scrap the heavily divoted sod, and get some new material. Taking over a month from start to finish on a single tee was frustrating, but in the end we were able to squeeze out a bit more teeing ground for this Par 3.
The next tee the team tackled was the Palmer tee on #16. In contrast to #17, the weather cooperated. #16 Palmer was completed in just a couple of days, including the addition of drainage, and we were able to successfully reuse the sod that had been stripped.
The significant difference in the time it took to complete the work on these two tees is just another example of our always needing to roll with the punches, and try to graciously accept whatever weather we have to deal with.
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