Long range tee

I expect to open the long range tee about the middle of next week.  With some warmer weather predicted next week, there should be enough turf to begin hitting off of this tee.  You might want to do more of your short game work on the short range since its turf is more full for a couple of weeks to allow the bermuda to fill in.  I know many are wanting to hit drivers off of the grass which would be perfect for this tee initially.  I would just ask that you do not chunk out big squares of turf until things begin to really move.  Thanks for your patience.

This is the type of divot damage that we would not want to see through out the season but especially in the early season.  Large bald areas take about twice as long for the turf to fill in as narrower styled divots.  We will use sand with ryegrass in an effort to help the area become covered during the early season.  During the main heat of July and August, we place only sand in the divots since it is usually too hot to get ryegrass to germinate and survive the heat and our zoysia/bermuda grass is growing at its best.

Longer, thinner divots are better so that the turf has a much easier time to bridge across the thinner divot.