Leveling of Number 5 Tee

For the past few years, the blue tee has become uneven due to the fact that we topdress the divots on the tee.  Continuously topdressing divots will raise the level of the tee over time, which eventually causes an uneven tee shot.  Some of the areas of number 5 blue tee were 3 inches too high.  Below is the procedure we used to level number 5 blue tee.

This machine will cut sod and dirt at either thicknesses of.5 inch, 1 inch or 1.5 inches.

First, we cut the sod 1 inch thick















To determine the normal grade of the tee, we used a transit level.  This gives us an actual measurement so that we know how much material to take out of the high areas of the tee.

Then we cut the high areas of the tee down to be level with the normal grade of the tee.  These areas are cut at a thickness of 1.5 inches several different times until they are level with the normal grade.



 Once we found our level we cut one more inch off of the entire tee.  We did this so we could distribute sand throughout the tee.  Once we lay the sod, the sand will help the sod tack back down.  By using sand we are able to tweak or adjust the level of the tee, in any way.  Notice below that we have placed wooden stakes within the tee.  These wooden stakes have a mark that tell us whether we need to add sand to the tee or remove sand from the tee. 

Final adjustments were made using the transit level and now we have a new number 5 blue tee.