In late July, workers at San Fransico's Harding Park Golf Course misapplied fertilizer to greens, damaging all odd-numbered greens and burning five worse than the others. Golfword reports on the progress in light of the President's Cup coming to town early next month.
The hardest-hit greens were the first, third, seventh, 11th and 13th. Temporary greens were used until all were ready to play again, and the 11th was the last to reopen, two weeks ago. Superintendent Wayne Kappelman's crew of 29 took sod from the chipping greens and replaced the burned grass.
"It was very labor intensive," said Kappelman, who said it required one day of work for every green.
For the full story, visit Golfworld's Web site.
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