Last year while attending a Ladies Golf Committee meeting, concerns over the size of a few our tees were shared. I fully agreed with these observations. The 1st, 3rd and 7th tees are postage stamps and don't offer much room and in one case doesn't provide what the USGA designates as a tee box. While my goal was to complete some sort of rebuild of these tees last fall, issues arose that didn't not allow the completion.
Again this year, the concern over these tees arose and not wanting to wait until resources became available to rebuild, I have decided to improvise. Evaluating the forward tee on #1, there was plenty of flat area around the current tee box to expand the tee. Since the tee itself is not constructed of sand like the others, it would be easier to expand. Yesterday, I scalped the area where the proposed tee expansion would be. A white line is also painted to show the proposed new tee. The scalped grass will take sometime to recover, but the area is certainly usable. This is not the most ideal situation, but like other areas of the course, I am not one to sit back and wait, we will make adjustments when we can, an move on.
I am investigating the use of the unused tee in front of the white tee on #1. If I find that tee has been abandoned, I will strip the good sod from that tee and transfer over to the expanded ladies tee. If this is done the markers for the ladies will be placed in the fairway next to the tee until the sod is knitted enough to make a successful golf swing without injury to the golfer. Anyone with information on this tee, it would be great if we could hear what the situation is.
Thank you for the expansion of the ladies #1 tee box. Great idea to utilize the unused men's forward tee box. Also, we love the new #10 tee box. You may want to consider using the old ladies #10 to replace #3. Of course, we need to give the new #10 some more time to settle in the mind. Thanks, again, your attention to our concerns is greatly appreciated
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