Fairway Cut Modifications

As recommended by Steve Weisser in his report, we made modifications to the fairway cut lines on several holes this week.  We widened the fairway's approach into the green on holes 6,11,15, and 16.  The cut line had come in over time and we are merely trying to restore the original one.  We also extended the fairway on 15 toward the tee to shorten the carry to the fairway.  That area will require a lot of topdressing to smooth it out and get it up to fairway standards.  We will also have to eradicate the bermudagrass and re-sod the area with zoysiagrass in the future to maintain the consistency of zoysiagrass in the fairways.  We will have to do the same on the approaches that we modified as well, since they are heavily contaminated with bermudagrass.  You can see the change in the cut line in the pictures below.  The areas being reverted to fairway are brown due to scalping while bringing the height of cut down.

#6

#11

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