Cove Cay Country Club, Clearwater, Fla., recently decided to replace its greens and tee boxes in hopes that the new grass would eventually mean more golfers and revenue. The course took out a $500,000 loan, added that to $150,000 raised by members, and tore up all 18 greens and tee boxes, reports the St. Petersburg Times.
Cove Cay switched to MiniVerde grass on its greens and Champions grass on the tee boxes, which were also widened by several yards thus adding 300 yards just by lengthening tee boxes. The club hired Coby Sheppard, a former assistant superintendant at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, Innisbrook and Tampa Palms, to oversee the project.
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