Please Take Care of the Course

This year, the Club has made an effort to educate all golfers the importance of fixing ball marks, raking bunkers and replacing divots.   Doing these things only take a few seconds and go a long way in keeping our golf course in pristine condition.  Even though Arcola does not allow practicing on the golf course, there is nothing wrong with hitting an extra shot or two, but please put your divots back when you do this.  These three divots were taken today Friday after our staff did fairway divots on the entire course.  We will not do divots again until Monday or Tuesday.  These 3 unrepaired divots on the 9th hole will now take weeks to heal and will go untouched until next week when fellow members may hit into them over the weekend.  

AJGA Tournament

Day 2 of the AJGA event is underway.  Some of the top junior boys and girls from the US are here this week for a tour stop.

Renovation Work Starting Again Shortly

We are nearing that time of the year again.....the fall and that means more renovation work will be beginning.  Last year we started in September and had a near perfect fall weather wise to get almost 5 holes done.  This year our event schedule is quite busy until the second week of October which will leave us very little time to get anything done.  So, we are going to try to start a bit early with projects that will not disrupt play but will allow us to get some work done before October.  We will be updating you with schedules when we set them.  This is our 5th hole which will be getting a major face lift come October.

Pay Me Now or Pay Later

Chicken Pox?  Dollar Spot Fungus?  Nope, ball marks on our 11th green.  Like we do every few weeks, our staff went and plugged out ball marks on the 11th green and filled them with soil  and seed.  The 11th green is only 2+ years old and the first year we opened it, it was as hard as a rock and tough to hold.  Now that it is maturing a bit and accumulating some thatch and organic matter, ball marks have been a problem.  With the majority of the golfers playing it at 150 yards, it is hit quite often and ball marks are left behind.  It is not uncommon for us to find 20-40 unrepaired marks on a weekend morning.  So, we are faced with brown spots all over the green or doing it this way and having sand dots all over.  While they will eventually heal, it is a playability issue along with an etiquette issue.  It makes our golf course look like a public course.  I have always said, it takes 5 seconds to fix a ball mark or you can wait a month or two for it to heal.