![]() We didn’t put drainage in every green, but we did install it on the 4th, 5th and 6th holes. If there were any spots we couldn’t get to with machines, we used metal rakes to smooth things out by hand. If an area of a green was too delicate for Frog’s tractor, we sometimes tied a wooden palette to the back of a gator and pulled it around the surface. We brought in an expert box-blader named “Frog” who has worked all over the world. ![]() To smooth the dirt as best as possible, we used a box blade pulled behind a tractor. There were low spots from rain, bulldozer tracks and windrows over much of the surface. Most of the greens at Overton Park were not particularly smooth after sitting out in the elements for a few weeks. Here is a look inside the process to prepare greens at Overton Park. ![]() Once a green is shaped there are still a bunch of steps left before it is ready to have grass on it, and even longer before you can play golf. Previous installments: How drainage pipes are installed | What’s a bury pit? | The genius device that helps position greens | When building golf courses, some changes must be made on the fly How are courses actually built? What moves are made behind the scenes? Here, in Dirt Diaries, we’ll pull back the curtain on how design decisions come to life. Sand gets pushed around the 4th green at Overton Park in Memphis.Įd note: GOLF contributor and architecture nut Desi Isaacson is cutting his design teeth as an intern for King-Collins Golf on their redesign of Overton Park, a nine-hole muni in Memphis, Tenn. ![]()
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