Hello again! It has been awhile since the last blog post and we just wanted to give a little update on the range tee! As many of you have noticed already the range tee has been closed now for quite some time. We had reseeded the top section of the range tee a few weeks ago, and we are all thrilled with how it is looking so far! We planted two different grasses this year a rye grass and a bluegrass blend. We first aerified the top section of the tee to break up the soil and to make some holes for the seed to be planted into. We then over seeded the rye grass, and then strip seeded the bluegrass all throughout the whole tee box. Lastly we dragged in the rye grass that we over seeded earlier. With seeding two different ways we can target a much wider area than just strip seeding row after row. This means more areas will grow in fuller.
Here in the next couple weeks or so we will be starting to have people hit from the mats instead of in the front of the range tee. We usually have the back lower section of the driving range tee open so you can still enjoy hitting from the tee. But we decided this year to close that area off to save it for next year.
We want to thank everyone for staying off the tee so it has a chance to grow. Once this winter is over and the warmer weather comes back we will be more than happy to open the tee back up so you may enjoy the freshly seeded tee box! We also want to thank Tony Bertels for taking the time to help us during this whole process.
Hunter Hill
Assistant Superintendent
Heart of America Golf Course
Good info.
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