Please level out our gold tees!

Over the past year we have had a lot more golfers "teeing it forward" and playing from the gold tees. If you haven't played from the gold tees, I recommend you get your regular group and have them play from the gold's. I'm a single digit handicap player and I've played from them several times. It's way more fun than you can imagine. I came close to driving several greens, and I hit more 50 yard wedge shots into greens than any round I can remember. I had five birdies the first time out from the gold tees, but I still shot my handicap. Those short wedge shots are not my specialty, and I wound up in a lot more trouble than expected. But I had a lot of fun, and so did the guys I played with.

When the gold tees were built, we never thought they would get the number of rounds per year that they are getting today. If we were to build them today, they would be much larger. One comment that I have received from the gold tee players is that the tees need to be leveled, some have a developed a large crown in the center, or slope one direction.

The photo above is the gold tee on #6, you can see the crown in the middle. We prioritized a list of the gold tees that need work, and put a team together to do the work. The past two weeks the "Gold Team" has leveled out #1, 6, 10, and 15. #17, and 18 are next, with others to follow soon.
Check out the photos below of the work done on #1 gold tee.

 The sod is stripped and the teeing area is adjusted as needed to make it level.

Greg is making some final tuning to get it "just right."

After the leveling is complete, the sod goes back down and the tee surface is blended into the surrounding area. The three photos below are of #10 gold tee which the "Gold Team" is working on today. This is one of the worst, and will require some extra sand to get it level. We'll stay off this tee for a month or two until the sod is stable and can handle foot traffic again. Special thanks to the "Gold Team" (Kyle, Vic, Greg, and Joel) for a job well done!