The construction crew has been at a steady pace and we are already on #14 fairway removing the sand. What we have been doing is taking that sand and top dressing our fairways, we typically top dress the fairways in the winter so this is no different. The great thing about it is its right there on the hole and our travel time is nothing compared to bringing the sand out from the shop. Because we have a lot of material to use we are going extremely heavy on the fairways, the grass is going to love it for next year!
Another project that has started is our first phase of tree plantings. In the parking lot and on holes #4 and #5. The parking lot area is receiving 20 trees, there will be various species in the native area to fill in gaps, 11 Zelkovas are being planted in the swell across from the existing Zelkovas on the drive way. The ideas behind this area is to screen the parking lot as you drive in and to improve the swells look. The other tree will be planted near the walk way at the intersection, this tree is special because it is our logo tree and it will be positioned for every one to take notice. As far as the course, the rest of the trees will go to the left of #4 green to screen out the homes and to the left of #5 also screening the homes.
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| #12 back left bunker, |
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| #14 first fairway bunker getting cored out. |
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| #14 Second Fairway Bunker scraping out the sand |
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| Loading the sand into the top dresser for the fairways |
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| Top dressed fairway, nice and heavy. |
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Aerifying the fairways to incorporate the sand more
efficiently. |
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| First area to be planted for new trees, 8 total. |
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The greens staff is removing the existing heads in the
swell, we do not use these heads and when the trees get larger
irrigating would not be needed. So in between each tree on the
left will go a new Zelkova on the opposite side(right). This will
be a very nice addition to this area. |
