Wayne is prepping the soil on #10 for sod that is scheduled for next Tuesday morning. We cut a crisp edge on the turf to be able to tie in the new sod. Below, you can see we started removing the turf that was damaged from dredging #10 pond. This area is where the material de-watered before being hauled off site.
More sod was installed on #12 green surround. One thing I think will be fun is the low cut Bentgrass turf that will be installed behind the green, on the slope. I'm referring to the bare ground between the actual green and the new sod along the cart path behind the green. This will allow balls to roll back towards the green if you hit your approach shot a little too long. Unlike the old green, your ball won't roll all the way back off the front of the green, down into the fairway.
Our golf course contractor is fusing irrigation pipe back together that we had to cut in order to make room for the 24" culvert that was installed on #10 to divert water away from the pond during dredging. I see the the culvert pipe as a benefit and is going to stay there and we'll be constructing a nice boulder headwall around the end of the pipe.
On the 11th hole, we modified the edges of the approach to get away from the hourglass shape. While the approach isn't the width of the putting green, it is more characteristic of a Donald Ross design. At the same time, it still allows shorter hitters to bail out on the right.