The range tee opened for practice on Tuesday, March 23rd. With the grass barely getting started at this point, we are fortunate to be able to utilize the new synthetic turf that was installed last fall by Dave Sadlowski from the golf shop. The synthetic tee will be utilized until May 1st, at which time the normal teeing grounds will be opened. The point of utilizing the synthetic tee until that time is to allow the grass to get growing, which in turn will promote a better hitting surface later into the season. The synthetic is very nice...it has good 'give' in that it does not hurt your hands, even with a poorly struck shot. You can also notice in the photo the brown / pink blotches that show up in from of the synthetic. The tee took some snow mold damage this year due to the high volume of snow that we had on the ground from Christmas through Mid-March. Not to worry...once the ground temperatures warm up and we receive some rainfall, this distressed turf will spring back to life very quickly.
