We have plenty of shared fairways at OTC. In fact, one swath of fairway now connects six holes successively without interruption of rough. Thus, we've transitioned from 35 acres of fairway to 65 acres and counting. More conversion is ahead. [green expansion and tee expansion was also significant]
For us, it necessiteated a reallocation of equipment -- and in some cases -- additional units. We also found that some additional labor was required. It’s a fairly simple model — the shorter the grass cut, the more often you need to cut it. We cut greens daily, tees and fairways 3 times per week, and rough once a week -- max. If you increase the square footage and acreage of short grass, at the expense of longer grass, you usually need additional equipment and manpower to maintain it, because of the frequency it needs to be cut. In short, we needed to maintain much larger areas at Old Town at a much greater frequency.
There's an increase in the line items for sand (for topdressing fairways) and chemicals (for fertility management) also.