Crazy Monday!

Its a good feeling to get back in the swing of things and today was no exception. We finished aerifying the greens on the back, this is round one. Next we will blow the holes clean and begin the top dressing process. For the front side we will wait until after any rain on Wednesday and proceed with the same process on the front. Our new irrigation main line line just passed the gas lines and they should have that completed today.  The polymer spray team for the bunkers returned to finish spraying #18 and all of #9, today their goal is to spray #10 and move to #8 and #7 weather permitting. Remember this stuff needs to be dry to spray and this time of year it can be very difficult until the conditions are just right. We had a little pipe issues with our pond and that also has been taken care of, we took advantage of this fix to clean our intake screen for the irrigation system and everything looks intact from 1993. All of the old bunker sand has been removed from #7 and #8 and the team will be working on removing the sand on #5 today.

We got smart and started to fill up our top dresser with
cores from the green.

Then we started to blow them out in the fairway,  once
dry we will drag the sand off them and blow of the organic
material. This will put back sand in the fairway and
decrease the amount of material we bring back to dump.

Bunker Polymer Application

New Irrigation Main line install

#7 right green side bunker

#7 left approach bunker

Sunday Catch-Up

Today we took advantage of the warmer weather finally drying out the greens and started our spring time greens aerification.  Our goal is to have the back nine greens completed and top dressed before the rain on Wednesday of this week. We will then proceed to open the back nine and then repeat the process on the front 9 some time after Wednesday. We plan on keeping the front 9 closed for the aerification and bunker construction process. This will insure uninterrupted time to finish the bunkers and the aerification process. Weekends will be looked at more closely and we will make a decision on opening the front on a limited basis, either using temporary cups or even closing a selected hole down so our bunker project can move along.

#11 Irrigation Addition

This week we shifted gears after the snow storm to install irrigation heads around the new white tee on #11. The snow may have held us up in other ways but gave us the perfect opportunity to complete this task. There will be a total of 4 heads added, two are for the tee and the other two for more rough coverage on the hill. Also because we have the trencher we took another opportunity to fix a little standing water on the path near our project by installing a drain basin to shed the water off. Once the snow melts we are going to shift gears and begin the greens aerification process on Sunday if not Monday first thing.

Installing a rough head near 18 tees

#11 Tee Irrigation line

Rough head addition below the Blue Tee on #11.

Drain basin for cart path will be placed here.

18 new approach

After some long discussion with the our designer we decided to enhance the style of the 18th green by removing the rough behind it. The new look will also be interesting to watch when the ball rolls down the hill when the pin is in the back. But most importantly this new look as going enhance the view when you are sitting outside. Something about seeing nicely manicured turf and watching play come through with some sweet tea sounds just about right.  Examples like these is what will keep your course current and updated for you to enjoy. All of this was completed over the weekend so we could beat the snow.

Rough grass removal

#9, By the way when we get sand into these bunkers they
are going to look fantastic.

#10, This hole as well from outside the club house patio.