I'm sure many of you have noticed that the rear tees on numbers one, five, ten, eleven, and eighteen have been roped off- with he tee markers place on the forward tee instead. These tees have been closed for the remainder of the season so we can set about repairing and restoring them.
The hybrid tee system has the unfortunate side affect of channeling a larger portion of play to some of our smallest tee surfaces. This has meant increased wear on all the hybrid tees, but the tees mentioned above have suffered the most for varying reasons. One and ten, as the first tees for the front and back nines, see very heavy usage- not to mention that most players hit two or more balls from each of these. Other tees, like the rear tee on five, are very heavily shaded and so cannot recuperate with the speed and tenacity of other tees.
Whatever the reason may be, these six tees have taken the most punishment over the course of the season. We will be using this time to aerify, topdress and re-seed them. Anything we can do to strengthen them we will do over the coming weeks. Losing them for the remainder of this year, allows us to concentrate our efforts on having them as ready as possible for next year.
See you on the course!
Elliott Dowling
