The course is drying out very well following Wednesday afternoon's 1.5" of rain. The golf course has drained extremely well and the new drainage on 4, 9, 12, and 13 is paying great dividends. Last year's drainage projects on #1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14, and 16 are still working very well. It is safe to say that we would not have been dry enough to mow or drive carts off of the path without the renovation to the golf course and this additional drainage. Today we are able to mow out the entire golf course and all of the fairways will be 90 degrees except for #3. We still have a large drainage project scheduled on #4 this year and then we will shift the majority of our drainage focus to #3. Natural springs and shade hamper drainage on this hole but we will continue to install drainage until we get it right.
I apologize for the appearance of the bunkers yesterday. We had a few small washouts and took the opportunity while the sand was off of the lips to edge bunkers and push mow bunker surrounds. That process is being finished today and bunkers are being mechanically raked and then hand raked to prepare them for play.
Have a great weekend,
Jordan
jbooth@willowoakscc.org
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| This labor intensive process is the best way to prepare our bunker edges and surrounds for play. |
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| The rain washed the sand off of the lips which allowed us to get a great edge on the bunkers. The rain also prevented mowing on Thursday so this was the perfect job for the staff. |
