Course Update 4/23/21

 If you've played recently you may have seen blue and orange paint marks around the greens.  We use the paint to identify the edges of the greens and collars for the staff when mowing, and to ensure the width of the collars remains consistent.  In order to maintain a crisp edge around the perimeter of the greens, a minuscule amount of turf is removed along the collar edge every time the cleanup pass is mowed.  When you consider that we mow a cleanup pass 3-4 times per week that small amount of turf removed can result in several inches of change by the end of the season.  The painting process is done every spring, and sometimes during the summer when needed, to re-establish the cleanup edge of the green and the paint will fade away in a few weeks once the turf fills in.

The orange dots represent the outside of the collar where it meets the rough. The blue dots represent the edge of the green where it should meet the collar. The white flags are marking the current cleanup edge of the green which is 2"-3"away from the blue dots into the collar. It will take several weeks, but the collar turf mowed down by the greens mower will recover and fill in to provide a consistent width.