[mattdavis11]

It looks really nice! I have a great appreciation for things such as you have taken on. I'd love to bring my wedge over.

I caught the golf bug at 9, so naturally by 11 I was growing a green in my parent's yard.

It was an area about 3 x 17 yards. Two trees were lost (ash, one a few years before the other) so the area was bare and needed something, and I was the family lawn boy by default. I'm the youngest.

This was a low budget operation. Fertilizer might have been the only thing bought. The river provided enough silt to form a base. I transplanted the neighbors tif 328 edgings, a few plugs, and it was off to the races. It took several years to cover, but while in the process, I added a second tier and a bunker. I used rail road ties, ala Pete Dye style, to form the face of the bunker. The "Brown" (that was the green's nickname) only got direct morning-midday sun for 4 hours a day at the most, throughout the year.

The fist cut was made with scissors, then moving on to a weed eater, and finally the neighbor's reel mower. It was puttable, with subtle breaks in it's prime.

By revealing the aforementioned experience, it is not my intention to hijack your thread, yet is meant to support my belief that you will reap the benefits of your labor. Maybe the kid next door and a few pelican heads too.

It's hard work. I applaud you on your efforts. PM me with a good time to bring my wedge.