Mats on Par 3's

Starting Monday November 3rd we are asking members hitting from the white or blue tees to use the mats that have been placed in the tee boxes on par 3's. This is done during the winter so that we can protect the turf for next spring. Using the mats help the tees not get any worse over the winter when we are not getting any turf recovery. We will be filing the divots with seed and sand over the next week, as well as applying addition fertilizer to help with recovery. We will not see a full recovery from the divots with the colder temperatures upon us but we will see improvements. Please use the mats through March of 2015. Thank you in advance for helping establish a better teeing surface for next spring. 

Winter Bunker Project

This fall and winter we will be continuing the cleaning out the fairway bunker drains, like what we have done on number one. This helps the bunkers not hold water after a half inch rain storm, which will allow them to be ready for play quicker. They currently hold water because the sand and gravel is contaminated with silt and clay from the subsurface of the bunker. This happens when we receive heavy rains and the bunker slopes wash out and mix the clay with the sand. Fixing these will not prevent wash outs but will allow the bunkers to drain. This means we can push them up and get them ready for play rather than having to drain them first. This will be a slow process, but worth it for next golf season.

This was a bunker this past season after a heavy rain. All the sand and silt washed to the bottom of the bunker over the years has clogged the drains. 

Drew supervising as we cleaned out the drain lines and added new gravel.

Here sand is being put in the bunkers after the drain lines have been topped off with new gravel.