New Forward Tee Construction on 13

With the black tee just recently built, we are now building the new forward tee left of the current tee.  This will offer a better angle to play the hole.  You will notice the large area in front of the tees that we killed off is now completely dead and has been over seeded with fine fescue.  This will give us ample time to get it grown in before the cold weather.  The rest of the 13th tee complex will be constructed in mid to late November once the 17th hole is completed.

18th Hole Rerouting Almost Done

By next week, we should have most of the 18th hole renovation completed.   We are targeting to open by Labor Day weekend.  We are hoping to have all bunkers and mounding sodded next week, then we start putting in the road and removing the remaining fairway sod.  We have gotten a lot accomplished in the last few weeks considering the weather etc..

Just Another Monday at Arcola

With temperatures in the mid 90s, it was a busy Monday.  We got all the greens aerified and dryjected, fairways were starting to be aerified, we moved 12,000 sq ft of fairway sod on 18, we killed off 2 acres of rough to convert to fescue and we have been working on fairway bunkering on 18 as we rebuild the hole.  While the weather has been difficult of late, the course remains in good condition and we continue to make good progress on rerouting the 18th hole.  Kudos to my staff.

New 18th Tee Complex Progressing

With 3 truckloads of sod already laid and the berm planted by the storage building, we are nearing completion of the tee complex.  Monday we will be sodding the tee tops, then doing some detail work around the tees and we have about 5 pallets of rough sod left to lay out and we can just about call this part of the renovation finished.  With the extreme dry weather and lack of rain, this is not the ideal time to lay sod but it is good for getting work completed.  This coming week we are getting in fill needed to create the mounding and bunkering out in the fairway landing area.  The week of August 17th, we have our sod contractor coming in to relocate the fairway sod to match the new fairway lines.

Battling Through The Dry Weather

With the hot and dry weather of late, construction has been a challenge with dust and dirt so dry that it is hard to shape and finish.  This week we have at least 2 truckloads of sod coming along with 15 spruce trees that will be planted to hide our cold storage building.  Lets hope for some much needed rain before then.

18th Tees Progressing

This is the view of the new 18th hole alignment behind the 15th green.  In a matter of less than 2 weeks, we got all the trees removed, hauled dirt in to build 5 tees, installed the majority of the irrigation and constructed a new cart path, all while battling through a heat wave.