TPC Southwind Agronomy

With apologies, a little time has passed since the last post. We have been busy, busy, busy here at TPC Southwind with preparations for the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic, which is only 3 weeks away! Over the past several weeks we have taken on a few projects. Mother Nature did not treat us very well over the winter. We had several areas of Bermuda grass within our Fairways, Stepcut, and Rough that suffered from winter damage, thus these areas did not grow in when the rest of the turf did.

Aesthetially, it was not up to par with what a TPC course should look like. We decided to bring in a sod company from Paris, TN to harvest the dead areas and replace them with live sod.

In a matter of approximately 2 weeks, about 10,000 square yards of sod was installed, with approximately 48% going into the rough, by a diligent and hard working crew of guys.

In addition to doing a "little" sod work, we also installed several recycling trashcans on the course and we are asking for member support and participation in our recycling initiative. The green cans are for plastics, aluminum, and paper. Thanks from your GCM staff at TPC Southwind.