Tee Box Update

Despite what has been an absolutely horrible spring thus far, we have been able to get all of the bentgrass seed on our new tees to germinate underneath the covers.  Plant seeds require two main factors to germinate:  moisture and heat.  We certainly have had plenty of moisture in the last few weeks, but the heat component has been almost nonexistent.  Fortunately, the covers provide a minor greenhouse effect, trapping in heat from the sun and warming the soil underneath much quicker.  Under ideal circumstances, bentgrass seed should germinate in 5-7 days.  We didn't get much to pop out of the ground this spring until day 15 after seeding.

Under the cover on hole 1 tee

Some sunshine and warm temperatures would do us a world of good right now.  It looks like we are in for hopefully our last few frosts of the season in the next few nights, but then the forecast is looking pretty good.  Now that all of the seeds have effectively germinated and the is weather looking to warm up, the need to trap in extra moisture and heat is no longer necessary, so the covers will be coming off soon.

I am tentatively hoping that by the end of next week we can start cutting sod off of our nursery in order to sod hitting pads in the middle of the new tees so they can be open for play soon.