Nursery

We maintain a "nursery" of turf adjacent to #17 fairway that we use for plugging or sodding areas that are damaged throughout the course.  It was constructed in 1994 and seeded with Dominant Blend bentgrasses, built on 6" of sand.  It was not constructed with any drain tile or gravel, but has performed just as well as the rest of our greens. 

We have about 7200 sq ft of 1/8" turf that is maintained exactly the same as our other 20 greens, mowed, sprayed, rolled, aerated, etc.  Just as our greens have "manifested" into a poa/bentgrass mixture, so has our nursery green.  We have also experimented with small plots of new varieties, successfully identifying a variety that we have used for inter seeding our other greens for the last 3 or 4 years.

In the next couple weeks, we will be adding onto the west end of our nursery, expanding the 1/4" approach area to provide sod for some tees that we will be adding in the next year or so.  We should gain about 2000 sq ft.  Most superintendents will agree that sod grown on-site will perform far better than sod brought in from a sod farm.  Not that their sod isn't good, but sod cut from different soil, even if only slightly different, has a steeper curve in establishment. 

Our nursery is bordered on the south by white OB stakes, designating it out-of-bounds.  So if your ball happens to land on our nursery, please repair any ball marks, remove the ball and play your ball as the USGA rules dictate.  Look for more posts on the nursery to come and thanks so much for your cooperation.