As part of the 5-year course improvement plan, rock walls are to be added along the lakes at #8 green and #9 tee, and also at #18 tee. Despite cold and rainy weather, I am happy to report that the wall at #8 green and #9 tee is finished. This is some of the best rock work our staff has ever done and I am sure everyone will be pleased. Since the weather is going to get VERY cold here the remainder of this week, we will be holding off on #18 tee. As soon as it warms up a bit we will start that project.
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| Rock wall #8 green. |
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| Rock wall #8 green. |
In addition to the rock work, we have been working on various drainage projects. We have just completed installing Turfdrain on hole #19. This turned out to be a major undertaking as the ground was heavily saturated and quickly became a fight in the mud. However, in the end, we won and the area is already benefiting from the Turfdrain system. In addition to #19, we are also working on a few smaller drainage projects on the club grounds. Other drainage projects that we have yet to do are on #11 fairway and #13 fairway.
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| Drain pipe install at the clubhouse. |
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| Drainage at the Clubhouse |
As some of the crew have been working on drainage, others have been working on tree removal. Several dead trees have been removed throughout the course along with a few not so well placed landscape trees.
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| Cleaning up a downed tree. |
