Unfortunately last Wednesday morning we had an oil leak in front of 8 green.
Occasionally this happens on the golf course. This is the start of my third season here at the Parkway. In that time we have had 7 oil leaks. The previous ones were not as bad so we aerated, top-dressed and seeded the area and basically grew them out. The leak on 8 was in a bad spot, which was right up by the green. If it was at the start of the fairway, we might have attempted to grow it out.
We decided the best option was to sod cut out the damaged area and replace it with fairway sod from the start of 15. We cut the sod cross ways from the fairway so it would not be visibly noticeable from the tee. This sod would have a better chance to blend in than taking it from the range tee. Then we stripped from the range tee to replace the sod on 15.
Finally seeding the area we stripped off the range tee. This seems like extra work but the whole goal is to get the two fairways back playable as soon as possible. We stripped the sod on the range tee from beside where the matts were, and then we seeded the whole area.
If you have any questions or concerns feel free tro email me at
Cheers Kendall
This seems like extra work for Turf you want to remove the oil on your green but it not look like as it is if you want to see your green as it is we provide you new information that help you to make it as it is.
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