Zoysia Conversion on 12 Approach

We are able to purchase 600 yards of high quality Zoysia sod from Meadowbrook Golf and Country Club.  They have a 3 acre nursery on the golf course which they allowed us to harvest from. About 5 years ago the City of Kansas City converted the existing fairways and tees to Zoysia. The only ones that were not converted were 12 approach 16 approach and 13 Fairway.  With this sod we were able to purchase we are going to convert 12 approach (which is completed) and 16 approach. The previous approach was a mixed bag of Poa, tall fescue, perennial Ryegrass and a hint of Bermuda.

Existing approach on #12

 We started by stripping off the existing turf to prep the area for the Zoysia Sod.  We were able to save about half of the sod which we laid in  other areas on the course. Once all turf was removed we brought in carts full of soil that we used to level any low areas and shaved down any high spots.

Removal of existing turf

Once soil was brought in we aerified the area to remove some compaction, put down a starter fertilizer and finished the grading for sod.  This process was completed on Tuesday May 15th.

Finished Dirt work

On Wednesday May 16th, we loaded up the sod cutter and 2 trucks and headed over to Meadowbrook Golf and Country Club.  We had to cut the sod, pallet it, load it on the trucks and trailer and haul it back to Minor Park Golf Course.  It took 2 trips to get all the sod needed for the area.  In all it totaled 9 pallets of sod to completed this conversion.

Finished approach with zoysia

We plan on doing 16 approach starting on Tuesday May 22, 2012, so look for upcoming pictures of that project.