Winter 2015-16

We hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. We hope you have took advantage of the last few months now that it looks like winter has arrived after an unseasonably warm November and December. We have a number of projects in store for this winter and into the spring before the 2016 season begins.

Our projects include:

Adding irrigation to #4 gold, #11 gold, and #17 forward tees

• This project will allow us to combat summer heat and drought stress through the season.  These tee boxes currently have poor irrigation coverage.  Adjusting the irrigation heads and moving the placement of them should help us control our water usage, and allow us to keep the tees healthy during the heat of summer.  The new placement will allow us to use water more efficiently on a regular basis.
• Drainage along cart path edges
• We have had some issues in the past with our cart path drainage.  The asphalt has eroded in certain low areas and has allowed for puddling and cracking after rain storms.  We plan on adding drains to a few select spots. The majority of the puddling can be reduced by removing soil and lowering  the edge of the grass line. This should allow the water to move freely from the cart path and into the roughs to properly drain.
• Bunker sand audit 
• Adding and moving sand in the bunkers that need it will improve playability.  
• We have already sodded the areas where our sand pro machine enters and exits the fairways bunkers, and re-cut the lip of those areas as well. This is caused because of the Fazio designed, deep bunkers which the bunker rake might only have one enter/exit point.

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After

• Other projects include:
• Refurbishing tee markers
• Refurbishing tee box benches
• Refurbishing water cooler houses
• Rebuilding the small bird houses
• #3 gold tee box tree removal
• Removing the mulch bed behind #6 green and adding native grass  
• Mowing native areas