The plan was to start tearing up the course as soon as the SEC Women's Championship is finished this weekend. But the layers of committees one must go through to do anything so extensive have pushed back the start. There are five committees just for the university we have to go through, plus state and local agencies. There are a lot of people in the loop. Nobody is sure when the project will begin, only that the original start-up date has been pushed back.
Every day is critical.
One of the controversies has involved the Trillium maculatum plants that grow near the fifth tee. The plant is not endangered, but is rare according to UF botanists. Instead, the plan was to transplant them to Kanapaha Gardens. Weed and University Athletic Association officials now have come with an alternative plan. Some of them will be transplanted.