I know there are so many posts this fall detailing everyone's putting green construction, but it won't hurt to have one more so we can all learn from each other! 
I started by marking out the green and tee space and spraying it with a combo of glyphosate and diquat. The green is approximately 2500 square feet and the tee is about 500 square feet. I then tilled the soil a few weeks later in multiple directions to loosen it up and shred any plant material that was there. I graded the tee with a gentle slope (1-2 percent) to provide adequate surface drainage and then sprigged it on 8/23 with 419 bermuda that will be overseeded this fall with perennial ryegrass. More on that below. After tilling the green in multiple directions, I did some rough grading that provided a few soft and interesting contours but without leaving any low lying areas in the green itself. This weekend the plan is to get a few thousand pounds of sand tilled into the existing soil to improve drainage and dilute the organic matter. I will follow this up with detail grading and if the weather holds up I hope to seed it with Penncross creeping bentgrass as soon as the surface is prepared. I will update this post with pictures and additional information about the project. I'll be making the first cut at 0.200" approximately 2 weeks after the seed goes down and will slowly drop it down to putting green height as it matures and increases in density. Mowing with a JD 220B with a grooved front roller. I will be applying weekly foliar fertilizer sprays during the growing season.
August 23rd, 2020:
The soil on the tee has been sitting undisturbed for about 3 weeks, so I roughed up the top layer with a metal rake before putting the sprigs down. I covered them with a light layer of peat moss and then pressed them in with the tires of my riding John Deere mower. Irrigation is an oscillating sprinkler that turns on for 20 minutes every four hours. Planning to apply foliar fertilizer as soon as the sprigs start to tack down, probably 4-7 days. I'll update with details of the mix later.
I started by marking out the green and tee space and spraying it with a combo of glyphosate and diquat. The green is approximately 2500 square feet and the tee is about 500 square feet. I then tilled the soil a few weeks later in multiple directions to loosen it up and shred any plant material that was there. I graded the tee with a gentle slope (1-2 percent) to provide adequate surface drainage and then sprigged it on 8/23 with 419 bermuda that will be overseeded this fall with perennial ryegrass. More on that below. After tilling the green in multiple directions, I did some rough grading that provided a few soft and interesting contours but without leaving any low lying areas in the green itself. This weekend the plan is to get a few thousand pounds of sand tilled into the existing soil to improve drainage and dilute the organic matter. I will follow this up with detail grading and if the weather holds up I hope to seed it with Penncross creeping bentgrass as soon as the surface is prepared. I will update this post with pictures and additional information about the project. I'll be making the first cut at 0.200" approximately 2 weeks after the seed goes down and will slowly drop it down to putting green height as it matures and increases in density. Mowing with a JD 220B with a grooved front roller. I will be applying weekly foliar fertilizer sprays during the growing season.
August 23rd, 2020:
The soil on the tee has been sitting undisturbed for about 3 weeks, so I roughed up the top layer with a metal rake before putting the sprigs down. I covered them with a light layer of peat moss and then pressed them in with the tires of my riding John Deere mower. Irrigation is an oscillating sprinkler that turns on for 20 minutes every four hours. Planning to apply foliar fertilizer as soon as the sprigs start to tack down, probably 4-7 days. I'll update with details of the mix later.
