December 5th Update

The construction crew has been working feverishly this week knowing that we may be encountering another delay because of the weather starting tomorrow. As of now we have almost completed the last phase of adding sand on #14. The gravel installation is almost complete on #15 with rough grading taking place on #11 bunkers. You may start to notice more activity around the back of the club house side on 18. We have already started to remove the sand out of these bunkers and using it to top dress the fairway. Our head leveling project is going well and they have almost completed #12, as stated before not just irrigation heads but anything that may be low as well as sunken areas in the rough. 

 The biggest change that has taken place this week is our new Tee addition on #11, this will be a white tee and occasionally a red Tee when the pro shop deems necessary. This Tee has moved you approximately 40 yards closer than the original white tee markers. We felt that this was a good improvement and will cater to more than just one kind of golfer.

#15 Green Side ready for the polymer.

#15 Fairway bunker

#11 left side bunker

#18 Fairway bunker, sand removal

#11 New tee, for the white tee markers

We raised this area up to give it some character and for a place
for extra soil to go. This area was an old tee from the old course
and was just to flat and looked unnatural.

A side view of the picture above

Loading up #18 fairway with the old bunker sand.

December 3rd Update

Thanksgiving week progress was a little slow with the holidays and the bad weather that passed through. This past Saturday a few guys came in to prep the bunkers on #11 and #15. They piled up the old bunker sand and waited for us to use it on the #11 and #15 fairways. Hole #17 is prepped with gravel like #16 and once we get through holes 11 and 15 we will bring back the company that applies the polymer. Another crew is busy adding sand and they have completed #12, #13 and currently working on the fairway bunkers on #14. 

Second Fairway top dressing application

#11 rt bunker ready for sand removal

#16, going to look nice when the sand is added.

#15 Fairway Bunker

#15 green side bunker

#14 fairway bunker

#13 Before the Bunker Renovation

#13 After the Bunker Renovation

First True Test of our new Bunkers

As you are aware yesterday I posted on the progress of the bunker renovation. Yesterday we started to receive some accumulation of rain with the bulk of it coming last night, about 2.25 inches that we have totaled so far. And here is why we are doing this project.

Front Bunker on #12, note the high sand line that stayed
in place after 2.25 inches of rain.

#12 back bunker, same fate with just a few animal prints.

Bunker Sand Installation

On Monday a separate crew was called in to install the bunker sand to the bunkers that have been sprayed with the polymer liner. It was quite cold yesterday so we had them start near a bunker that was near the path. If all goes well we should have all of #12 completed today.

#13 right side bunker

#13 different view

#12 front bunker before

#12 front bunker after

#12 bunker behind the green