On Wednesday we stripped the white tees on 9 and 13, and the 7 black, blue, white, and yellow tees and sodded them with “low- cut” Kentucky bluegrass.
Last June, Dave Oatis, the USGA agronomist for the Mid- Atlantic region, walked the course with Chris, Bucky, Gary, Joel, and I. At that time Mr. Oatis recommended that if we ever had the opportunity to sod any tees, low cut Kentucky bluegrass was proving successful and that we might want to give it a try. Mr. Oatis and other USGA agronomists have observed that the low cut varieties have been showing better recovery and wear tolerance than the traditional bent grasses on many regional golf courses.
We will be re-opening these tees once the sod roots, and from that point on we will be evaluating it for ourselves. We also encourage you, our members, to share with us your thoughts and opinions of the low cut blue grass (and the bermuda) compared to playing off the bentgrass tees.
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| Roll of low cut blue |
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| The finished 13th white tee |
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