This year's tee work was completed last week. One of the much needed improvements was the rebuilding of the Honors tee on #16. While we still wouldn't call it a huge tee, it has doubled in area, and is no longer the size of a postage stamp.
The Palmer/Champion tee on #14 also got releveled.
While we would always prefer seeding to sodding surfaces, given the timing of this project, we opted for some store bought grass.
Given the hole locations for this past Saturday's tournament, many players may have been uttering expletives directed at the Grounds team. However, we can't take credit for these.
No, the diabolical pin placements were not selected by the grass-growers, but chosen by the Pro Shop staff. So the next time you see Bob and Brett, be sure to let them know how much you truly enjoyed their sense of humor!
Of course we did add a few obstacles and distractions ourselves:
When changing cups, it can often be challenging to find a small paint dot on a green, indicating the hole location. However, in this case it was pretty easy--we just walked to the area of each green where we would never ever consider putting a pin, and that's where the dot was...
Several tees are being improved this fall, starting with #2. The Champion/Palmer, and Medal tees are being combined into one large tee. This will eliminate the loss of usable teeing ground that we previously had at the front of the rear tee and back of the forward tee, along with picking up the area that was rough in between the two old tees.
As you stand on the new tee, it appears to be significantly longer than the old tees. However, the back of the tee and front of the tee are unchanged from the old tees. The fact that the new tee appears to be so large just shows how much unusable area there was in the past.
This additional teeing space will allow for greater flexibility in daily setup, as well as tee marker rotation for turf recovery.
