If you have played the golf course since Tuesday afternoon, you have noticed the large, gas powered fan mounted on a trailer behind #1 Green. This fan will be used all over the golf course as necessary. It is being used on #1 because that is perennially, our weakest green and receives poor air movement. It is currently in use while we wait on approval from the city inspector for electrical permitting. Once this is approved, the permanent fans will be installed on holes 1, 4, and 15. This large, portable fan will be used as needed. This fan is louder than the electric fans but very similar in size. There is a small, electric fan at the on deck putting green. This fan is much smaller than the ones on the golf course but so is that green.
The collars have been sodded and we are aggressively growing them in. The sod on holes 9-18 has been mowed and fertilized twice. The sod on 1-8 was just installed last Monday and has been fertilized once. The sod will knit in quickly and provide a better playing surface directly around greens.
As always, we are busy with many course projects. The area to the right of #14 was prepped for sod today as was the tree line to the left of #10 fairway. Both of these areas will be sodded tomorrow. The staff has started the install of the hardscaping around the water coolers and ballwashers. This will take some time and will be accomplished between other large projects. We dodged most of the rainstorms yesterday and the golf course is really quite dry. If we continue to dodge the rain, the course will be very enjoyable this weekend.
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| The cooler stations will vary in size, depending on location but this one on 13 will be 6'x8'. Sal and Victor are excavating down 8 inches to establish a base of gravel. This will be tamped and leveled and the hardscaping will be installed on top. |
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| Edgar, Ergidio, and Rene prepping for sod to the right of #14 fairway. This is a much needed improvement. |
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| Edgar and Ruben prepping for sod to the left of #10 fairway. The majority of the sod along #10 will be completed tomorrow. Please play the entire area between the cartpath on 12 and the fairway on 10 Ground Under Repair. |
Have a great day,
Jordan
jbooth@willowoakscc.org
