Hole # 3 completed

View from the new back tee on 3

The new middle tee on 3

#3 before construction starts

Rough grading of the new # 3 tee complex

The Master plan work will be completed this week. All the tee and bunker work have been completed and the construction company is spending it's time this week repair haul roads and doing cart path tie in's.
Lets hope for a mild winter so we can open the new tees by mid April 2014.

Master Plan 11/1 update

We are nearing completion of our Master Plan project for 2013. As of November 1st the work remainig consists of draining of the green side bunkers on 2; Sod installation of the forward tees on 2 ,8 and the three back tees on 3; Shaping of the forward tee on 3; shaping of the green bunkers on 3;  construction of the fairway bunker on 2 repairing and sod installation on all the construction roads created by the project.
We estimate another two weeks of work.

New forward tee on 14

Installing fill to build the back tee on 3

Fill from the old football field at Joel Barlow High becomes the new tees on 3

Master Plan work Starts on #2 and #3

# 3 before demo

# 3 Ready for fill

#2 at sunrise

Looking back at 3 from the fairway

Master Plan Work Continues

Drainage installed on 14

 We move into week 5 of the Master Plan project on schedule.
The 14th green has been rebuilt; the 15th hole has been completed and the tees and bunkers on 14 have been completed.
The tees on 16 along with the green side bunkers have been shaped and are ready for drainage and irrigation.

The 14th green and chipping area ready to be mowed

Topdressing the 14th green

14 tee complex completed

14th hole from the white tees- a new bunker on the left of the fairway

14 Green Work Continues

Adding soil amendments to the compacted surface

Surface is raked and leveled

Sod goes back by the numbers

Plywood used to keep foot traffic off of the sod

A slow process

Half way there!

14 Green Rebuild

Sod from old surface is cut

Every piece is numbered

Sod is laid out row by row

1500 pieces of sod removed

Drainage grids laid out after soil is removed .

Drainage installed in the newly shaped subsurface

New top mix installed

320 tons of top mix used

New top mix watered and compacted

Last Views of the 14th hole

The last cut

 Here are a few pictures of the 14th hole before the green complex was demoed..

The "easy " pin placement

View from the area of the new tee

The last birdie made on 14 was a downhill 30 foot snake by Gretchen McMahon. A great putt!

Master Plan Work Begins

Equipment Arrives From Maryland

Removing old sand from 15 green bunkers

Area prepared for new tee on 15

Removing sod from 14 green

Reshaping the putting surface on 14 green

Re shaped bunker on 15 green

Establishing a new green surround on 14

4 feet of fill removed from the pit on 14 to be used during the project

Ryan Cox  project manager and Dave Fluery Architect/shapper

Fall aericifation & Master Plan construction

 The fall aerification schedule;
Greens and Tees- Sept. 3,4,5,6. The course will be closed Sept. 3rd
Fairway aerification will start on Sept 9,10,11,12,13,16. The course is closed on Sept 9th

 The Master Plan construction will start on September 9th. Holes 14,15, and 16 including the rebuild of the 14th green will be the first work completed. The 14th hole will be closed for the season once the work starts and the short game facility will be converted to a par three for the fall.

Work Schedule for the week of July 22nd

In addition to the normal cutting schedules, the following work is scheduled for this week:
Calcium treatment to the club courts.
Solid tine greens venting on Monday.
Summer patch fungicide application to all our greens on Monday.
Preventative fungicide application on tees.
Post emerge treatment of crabgrass in some rough areas.
Continuation of prep work for our Master Plan work scheduled for September.

Turf Twister

What is wrong with the turf??

This picture is of a small section of turf on our putting green where the bent grass has been severely injured, but the Poa is surviving. Any guess to what caused this injury??


Answer: During the putting contest on Member Guest weekend someone spilled an Adult beverage on the putting green. The alcohol in the drink injured the bent grass but the poa remains healthy. Goes to prove Poa can hold it's booze better than bent!

Mother Nature Wins

12th green cup filled with water

 Another 1.8 inches of rain fell last night giving us a total of almost 12 inches of rain in the last seven days. When the golf and grounds crew arrived at 5:30 AM this morning to start our prep for today's tournament almost every fairway had ponds of standing water on them along with several cups on the greens filled with water. There are also several bunkers that have water in them. Most of the rain fell between 1:30 AM and 5 AM.
Our plan of action is pump and rake the bunkers immediately. Greens will be cut and rolled and pin placements will be set starting at 10 AM .
All the work will be completed before the 1 PM shotgun start. We could use some of those 130 volunteers that the USGA has at the Open this week. Our staff of 20 will get it done!!!
Going to be a slow track today

New water hazard on 4 fairway