Recent Work On Hole # 12 Tee

As we are gearing up for the 2013 golf season, my staff has recently done some beautification work on #12 Tee as well as some needed repair near the steps leading up to the tee.

Back of #12 Tee landscape

#12 Tee

Concrete between the steps

Repaired pothole at the base of the steps on Hole #12

Spring Aeration Schedule

TEE AERATION- March 25-29

We will aerate nine tees on Monday the 25th and nine tees on Tuesday the 26th, weather permitting.

GREEN AERATION- April 1-5

We will aerate the practice green and driving range green on Monday April 1st. We will aerate Holes 1-9 on Tuesday, April 2nd. Holes 1-9 will have temporary greens for that day. We will aerate Holes 10-18 on Wednesday, April 3rd. Holes 10-18 will have temporary greens for that day. On Thursday, April 4th, all greens will be open, weather permitting.

FAIRWAY AERATION- April 8-May 3

Green Aeration

Irrigation Improvements and Repairs

Besides trimming trees and working on drainage, we are also busy adding irrigation heads in areas where we have poor irrigation coverage.

Digging trench for new sprinkler head on Hole #8

We also stay busy repairing the occassional irrigation leak.

Digging up leak on Hole #14

Tree trimming on Hole #5

With the early morning frost delays, my staff has been busy tree trimming. Today we were raising the canopies of the trees on the left side of Hole #5.

Waterfall

The waterfall is fully functional now! We hope you enjoy this added feature in the lake on #18.

Need Firewood?

Even though the majority of golfers and the Pro Shop staff would probably disagree with me, there are some benefits of frost delays. One being, my staff is able to spend more time working around the shop working on things that we seem to never have time for when we are busy on the golf course. For example, chopping wood from the collection of trees from the golf course that have lived a nice long life and have moved on or from trees whose life was "cut" short from the storms and high winds we have had throughout the year. Bad news for them. However, it is good news for anyone who needs firewood. If you have any need for some firewood, let me know.

This what is left to chop.

This is the final resting place. Not all of this is from this year.  If you need firewood, come and get it!

Lake #18 Dredging and Erosion Repair

Due to the heavy rains and flooding that we had in December, we accumulated an enormous amount of silt in the Lake on Hole #18. Consequently, we were unable to finish the waterfall project that we had started. However, we have begun removing the silt and sludge from the lake and are dredging it to a depth of 4-5 feet. We are using the silt to build up the sides of the lake that have eroded over the years. After all of this is completed, we will then be able to install the pump that will be used for the waterfall. Thank you for your patience during this process as this might take a couple of weeks to complete.

Silt accumulation from the flood

Removal of silt island

Installation of silt screen 

Silt placement along eroded edge of lake