Sunday, May 19, 2013

Restoration Update

We have had a great stretch of weather the last 12 days to progress with the restoration.  We have completed number 1&4 green complexes with the exception of the fine details. The fine details include expansion of the green pad and a couple pieces of sod here and there to finish the complex.  Our goal was to get the greens open for play as soon as possible and finish the details at the end of the project.  The final green complex to complete this spring is number 10.  The complex was rough shaped Saturday and the .25" of rain put a halt on any significant work on Sunday.  We hope the weather cooperates to complete this complex early in the week. 

Fairway bunking and a few new tees are also part of the spring project.  Five of the ten fairway bunkers are shaped and ready for completion and one of the three new tees have been completed.

This week we hope the weather cooperates to complete #10 green complex and move to fairway bunkers.  I will update you at the end of the week with a progress report.
#1 before restoration
Cut out around #1 green
Fill for #2 championship tee off of #1 green




Rough shaping of green side bunker #1



 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Course Restoration

Tuesday, May 7th, we will be starting our golf course restoration project.  In April,  the membership approved  three holes of the project to begin this spring.  The holes we are addressing are number 1, 4 and 10.  We were hoping to start the project a couple of weeks ago, but the cool wet spring got in the way.  The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, May 7th:  Strip sod around #1 green complex and remove sand and liners from bunkers.  Remove irrigation heads that are in the way.  Begin shaping green complex. 
Wednesday, May 8th:  Continue shaping complex and bunkers.  Repair irrigation.  Install drainage in bunkers.  Remove sand and liners from fairway bunkers.
Thursday, May 9th:  Start shaping fairway bunkers.  Sod green complex and bunker surrounds.
Friday, May 10th:  Haul sand to green side bunkers.  Install drainage in fairway bunkers. Start sodding fairway bunkers. Repair irrigation.
Saturday, May 11th:  Finish fairway bunkers.

I will update the progress at the end of each week.  We will move from number 1 to number 4.  Please be patient as we are doing the majority of the work in-house and along with the project we have normal golf course maintenance. 

You can follow the progress daily on twitter @crccsup