Marshwood Update

Everything is going as planned throughout the project, and the new fairway grass is now taking hold. We did have an issue during the major downpour 2 weeks ago that washed 60% of the sprigs to the drains on holes 7 and 9. Our contractor is scheduled to re-sprig these holes next Monday morning. Bunker work is currently on #9 and the tree company will resume work as soon as the weather clears.

Marshwood Sprigging Update

The sprigging process is coming along nicely. We had problems on finding truck drivers for Sunday due to Father's Day to bring our last load to finish up 1/2 of #17 and the rest of 18. The picture below is of #1 fairway at 7 days since sprigging. We are already noticing a great amount of growth and will start our fertilization program this afternoon. If the growth continues at this pace, I foresee our first mowing being accomplished by early next week. The grass is currently chasing the sun while growing vertically. As soon as the mowing begins, we will be training the turf to move horizontally which helps begin covering the voids.

Sprigs Going Down.....

We started the sprigging process on Marshwood yesterday afternoon. All of the grass is looking great and our biggest objective now is keeping it wet. We're currently on #5 moving forward. We anticipate the contractor finalizing the work by Sunday afternoon.

Marshwood Update

We are officially closed for the summer and work has begun on the course. The front nine collars were removed yesterday and 2 trucks of Celebration sod will be arriving shortly. Our goal this week is to have all front 9 collars re-sodded by Friday afternoon. Fairway preparation also began this week. We have started a deep vertical mowing to eliminate as much thatch as possible. This is the practice used to provide firm fairway conditions moving forward. This also helps provide more soil to the surface to allow the new sprigs a great environment to grow in.

2 days after Round up treatment

#1 Marshwood fairway

You killed what????

This morning we began our first Round up/Fusillade application to the Marshwood fairways, approaches, and collars to start the No-till conversion to Celebration. Signs of decay should be noticed within a day or two, and would imagine a full kill by the end of the week. The greens were double cut this morning, but will be left alone Tuesday to eliminate the possibility of tracking the product back on the greens. This same application will take place 3 weeks from today.