Last week (The week of October 12th) we started a sodding project that focused on undesirable grasses in the immediate rough perimeter of a few of our fairways. 9, 14, 15 and 18 fairways were earmarked as the worst for having bentgrass in the rough next to the fairway. Bentgrass does well below 3/4", but as it begins to grow above 1" it begins to become thatchy and puffy. As the summer heat arrives these areas begin to suffer and die out.
Our solution involved sod cutting a 30" wide ring around each of the four fairways. The sod cut from the ring was removed and either composted or saved if it was determined to be of good quality and free of bentgrass. Dan Kaiser and his crew then laid new Kentucky Bluegrass sod around each fairway.
In areas where the bentgrass extended outside of the 30" initial cut we extended our sod cutting/removal to include these areas. Any sod that was saved from the initial first ring cut was then laid in these areas.
