Belle Haven Country Club Agronomy

  Golf Course Maintenance Agronomy Update October 23, 2026 Bermuda Grass & Bunker Project Bunkers We had a very productive week, with work on holes 11 and 12 now complete. On Monday the crew installed drainage and gravel in three bunkers on 11 and finished shaping the bunker on 12, and on Tuesday a load of sod went down to finish the approach on 11. On Wednesday the bunkers on 11 and 12 were sprayed, and on Thursday sand was placed in them. In all, three loads of sod were delivered this week. 11 green complete 12 fairway bunkers complete 12 green side bunker Starting Tuesday and wrapping up Thursday, the construction crew installed erosion and sediment control around the 10th green, the 18th fairway bunker and the 18th green, and by Thursday afternoon the county had approved us to begin work. By Friday afternoon, two fairway bunkers on 18 had been rough shaped along with the right greenside bunker on 10. The construction crew will be on site Saturday in prep...

  Golf Course Maintenance Agronomy Update October 16, 2026   Bermuda Grass & Bunker Project If I keep quiet about the rain, maybe it will take the hint. We have now had rain six weekends in a row, but next week is finally looking dry and we are ready to make the most of it. Bunkers It was a full and productive week on holes 11 and 12. On Monday the construction crew installed erosion and sediment control around the greens, and by that afternoon the county had approved us to begin work. Tuesday split the crew in two: one group stripped sod and demolished the old bunkers around the greens on 11 and 12, while the other removed the E&S control at the 12 fairway bunker and the 15 green surround so we could lay two loads of sod Wednesday morning. Wednesday went to plan. The crew sodded about 90% of the 12 fairway and 15 green surround, and those two bunkers were sprayed with Better Billy that afternoon. In the meantime, the bunkers on 12 green and 11 green we...

  Agronomy Update – October 9, 2026 Bermuda Grass & Bunker Project I know I sound like a broken record about the rain we're bracing for our fourth straight Sunday with it but the construction crew keeps pushing forward, and the progress shows. Sodding Sodding is starting to wind down as we shift our attention to the bunkers. By the end of Saturday, the crew will have laid six truckloads of sod. Most of it went down on 15 fairway and in the rough surrounding the fairway bunkers, with one truckload installed around the 12 fairway bunker. Bunkers Ahead of last Saturday's rain, the crew covered the bunkers on 15 fairway to keep them as dry as possible. They pulled the covers Monday and got to work on drainage, installing gravel in preparation for the Better Billy spray on Tuesday. Monday was also a busy day for planning: we scheduled a site inspection with the county so we could install erosion and sediment control for the greenside bunkers on holes 11, 12, and 15...

  Agronomy Update – October 2, 2026 Bermuda Grass & Bunker Project Rain set us back early in the week, but the crew made up the lost ground and then some. Sodding Nine truckloads of sod went down this week, 90,000 square feet. That wrapped up holes 4, 7 (all but the spot reserved for the new fairway bunker) and 3, with work now underway on the 11th fairway. We're in the home stretch: holes 11, 12, 15 and 18 are on next week's schedule. Holes 2 and 5 are the deliberate exceptions those get sodded as part of the bunker work on each hole, so the two projects stay in step. A question I've been asked more than once: what happens to the ground after the sod is cut? The crew solid tine aerifies the disturbed areas, applies compost, fertilizer and soil amendments, then drags the surface smooth. It's a full reset of the soil profile before anything new goes down which is why the fairways that come back are healthier than the ones they replaced. Aerating before new ...