Hole 8 is "open" for play

The majority of work has been completed and we are opening up hole 8 for play again.  It's in  recovery for a few weeks, but it's playable in a modified state.  The gray, blue, white, and green tees are located on mats near the path and the yellow tee is located in the fairway.  When the new tees will officially open depends on how long it takes the sod to secure itself to the soil.  Roots must grow deep enough for the sod to be stable when struck with a golf club.  I certainly hope that happens in record time.  

All new sod right of the green is considered "ground under repair" and should be played accordingly.  The zoysia on the slope will be dormant for 6-8 more weeks so the "finished" product won't be visible until summer.  We will mow this new sod down little by little until we get to fairway height sometime this summer.  For now we ask that you take relief from this area if your shot finds it.  

I think we found a good partner for this sort of job and I hope to be able to make more improvements in the future.  Outside of the horrendous weather, things went very well.  Our original plans quickly fell through, but we adjusted on the fly and got it done.  Minor touch up work is ongoing to the sod and anywhere that wet ground prevented finish work to be completed.  The area in front of the blue tee will be seeded as soon as it dries up enough to complete.  

Thank you for your patience during the past 3 weeks!

View from the White/Green tee

View from the Blue/Gray tee