What is happening on 10 green?

Hello Members of Oconomowoc Golf Club,

We hope that you are enjoying the recent freezing temps of 70 degrees as much as we are! You may have also noticed that we started several projects around the course. One of the most impactful being the changes to #10 green. As you all know we included an expansion of 10 green last fall included with the bunker renovation. We noticed over time some settling of the green expansion and this created an uneven putting surface. This has been the leading reason preventing us from lowering the height of cut to match the other greens on the course.

As you can see their were several of these depressions across the greens, preventing us from being able to get a smooth mow.

We first cut and peel back the sod then add a greens grade sand mix below the surface to smooth out the sod. The difference in color in the pictures above is the line of the old edge of the green to the green expansion.

We then gave the final product some fertilizer and water! We are going to continue doing different cultural practices in order to improve the playability of the green. We hope to restore 10 green to the same playability as all of the other greens as soon as Mother Nature allows!