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.

Get Ready For the Heat

Sun setting on another hot day.  Next 5 days will be extremely hot and dry.  We will not be raising mowing heights as of yet, but we will be cutting back on double and triple cutting and rolling to get us through the next week or so.

Rerouting the 18th Hole

We started breaking ground on a new 18th tee  complex that will now make the hole a dogleg to the right instead of  a straightaway hole.  The hole will play 450 from the black, 425 from the blue  and 385 from the whites.  It will be a much more demanding tee shot.  By relocating the tees, we can now push our driving range tees back to 315 yards from end to end when we rebuild the range this fall.

Building A New 10th Tee

With the clubhouse renovation going on and the addition of the building, we needed to raise the grade behind the new piece about 6 feet to get grades to meet.  We basically had to rebuild the 10th tee and have it done in 3 days for the Invitational.   We sodded it on Tuesday and had members playing on it on Friday.

Poor Drainage = Ice Damage

This is the 15th fairway and notice a few weeks ago where the water sat after a heavy rain.....that is where our winter ice damage is.  We will be removing trees and installing fairway drainage over the next few weeks to help prevent this from happening again.

New Bunker Added to the Front of 8 Green

We replaced the penal knob in front of the 8th green today with a new bunker.  The approach will now wrap around both sides of the bunker.

New Greenside Bunkers on 13

The large single bunker that fronted the 13th green is now 2 smaller bunkers with a walk way through them.  Next week we will have the fairway expansion finished and we are also expanding the green behind the bunkers to offer more pin placements.