Seventh Green Improved

Based on how well the partial rebuild of the fourth green went, our architect, John LaFoy suggested we rebuild the front of the seventh hole.  The improvements we are making will allow us to have faster green speeds next year and the slope on the front of #7 needed to be reduced to keep downhill putts on the green.  It was tough enough before the renovation.

                                                                                                   

Just like we did on the fourth hole, we removed the bent sod for the first 20 feet of the green and placed it on the fairway.  Double Eagle then added new top mix (we had some extra from the fourth hole) to raise the front of the green about 2 inches to give us a 2% slope.  The existing slope was 5% which is simply too steep given today’s green speeds. Then they put the sod back on, supplementing with new sod as needed.

Double Eagle then contoured the approach to the green over 20 feet to provide a smooth tie-in to the existing fairway. The approach is steeper, but the green is flatter. Because the approach is steeper, it could be harder to run the ball onto the green, but we will have more on that in the next update. The approach was sodded with new Bermuda grass we used on the rest of the greens.

Mr. Bill Haywood making sure the contractor understands
 that we need more usable flag stick locations on the front of the green

Finished product on the 7th green

The front of the green will be roped off until the bent grows in well enough to survive cutting to green height.  If the weather continues to cooperate, we should be playing on the full course, including four and seven by mid-November.