Callawassie Island Agronomy: Week 9

A milestone has been reached. Grass has officially hit the ground on Magnolia. To refresh everyones memories from our town hall meetings last year, two different grasses were chosen to blanket the golf course. The tee tops and tee complexes will be grassed with a Zeon Zoysiagrass. This fine textured zoysia is great for shady areas while providing a similar texture to the main grass of choice on the course Tif Tuf Bermuda. Many of our tee complexes are very shady and Zeon will do very well in these areas as well as the full sun tee complexes around the golf course. This grass can me cut to tee height up to rough height and will provide great definition around the tees. From the tees forward through the rough, fairways and around the greens, Tif Tuf Bermudagrass was chosen. This varity of Bermuda has excellent drought tolerance, great texture and a deep green color that will thrive in our soils. Trials we have conducted over the past several years and university research has shown Tif Tuf to be the superior Bermuda of choice in our climate. Over the next week and a half, the tee and green complexes on Magnolia 3 and 4 will be sodded. The bunkers and other sloped features on these holes will also be sodded to protect these areas during rain events. The flatter rough areas and all the fairways will be sprigged with Tif Tuf Bermuda. The sprigging process will begin tomorrow. Look for day by day updates on our twitter feed @CI_Agronomy