In December of 1994, the Ocean Course at Sea Pines Plantation was closed for a complete renovation.  The Ocean and Sea Marsh courses share pro shop and driving range facilities.  The driving range was closed for renovations, also in December, and members and guests at both courses were compelled to use the driving range at Harbourtown Golf Links.  Naturally, there was a big push to re-open the driving range facilities as soon as possible.

We had already decided to use the ROOTS 1-2-3 Program to enhance our grow-in on our greens, so in order to facilitate the opening of the driving range, we decided to use 1-2-3 on the driving range tee.

As we finished sprigging the driving range itself, we had extra sprigs so we doubled the rate on the right side of the range, i.e., left side 400 bu/a, right side 800 bu/a.  We then decided to use ROOTS 1-2-3 on the left side, in addition to the tee area.  The left side caught up and passed the right side and the tee area grew in so well we were able to open early.

We are extremely pleased with the results from using the ROOTS 1-2-3 Program.