We are at the time of the year where the annual poa and overseeded ryegrasses start to die. Ryegrass and poa are cool season grasses and our base grass is kikuyu and bermuda, both warm season grasses. We are experiencing this throughout the course but it is more evident in the rough around the greens.
We have started a program that will continue over the next 2-3 months where we will remove the cool season grasses in the high play areas around the greens and replace with warm season turf, hybrid bermuda. This will be an on-going process and not all areas will be replaced this season but this is a step forward.
An example of being able to easily lift the turf which is only rooted in the thatch and does not have any substantial root system in the soil.
Nolberto Mesa sod cutting out an area on # 9 Masters
An area prepared for new sod on # 9 Western
Uvertino Almanza ( left ) and Nolberto laying new sod on # 9 Masters
