I'm sure many of you have yearly seen the weak areas due to consistent winter shade on green's #11 and #12. This past Monday we sod cut these areas and put down Tif-Grande which is the same turf located around the Clock Green. This Tif-Grande will be mowed at a height in between our approach height and our green's height. Although no Bermuda grass is shade tolerant, Tif-Grande is considered to be more shade tolerant than other cultivars.

After stripping these areas on #11 and #12 a very thick sod layer was revealed which in turn we aerified twice with 5/8" tines before laying the new Tif-Grande sod. 

After aerifying, the Tif-Grande was layed and once established will be rolled multiple times and eventually cut with a walk-mower at the height of .300.

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