Wednesday, January 16, 2013
What a difference a few days can make. This past weekend was beautiful and great for golf. Since then, rain has just about ruined any chances of working outdoors this week. Our team was able to do a few projects on Monday as well as get some soil amendments out on tees and greens ahead of the rain. Since then, we have received 2.25" of steady rain and it is still coming down. The golf course will be very wet for a long time as we are forecast for rain and even snow through tomorrow night (Thursday, Jan. 17.) While the rain has hampered our progress on the course, the staff has taken the opportunity to finish up most of the work on birdhouses, stakes, benches etc. After this period of rainfall, the weather looks to be dry and seasonally cold.
Last week, our team was able to finish up a few projects including underbrush clearing and the installation of more fan wire. Wire is now installed to greens 3, 4, 6, and 10. We still have 11 and 13 to go. At the end of this winter, fans will be on greens 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, and 15. When we began the run of wire to #10, we anticipated to hit some rock. Little did we know that we were going to be trenching right through a huge pile of old quarry spoils. Luckily it was our shortest run of wire for the year. Our team will be busy on Friday, Saturday and Sunday readying the course for play. We can expect very wet conditions through next week. I hope you stay warm and find some great indoor activities at the club to enjoy this week.
Have a great day,
Jordan Booth
jbooth@willowoakscc.org
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| The trencher certainly wasn't going to work and this job was actually too big for a mini-ex. We had to resort to the backhoe to trench the wire in on 10. Our team pulled out two dump bed loads of cobblestone sized rock and 3 large boulders. |
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| The boulders and cobblestones are from the quarry to the right of #11. They make great features on the golf course and were saved for later use. We were able to finish this project in a day but it took much longer than anticipated. |
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| The benches have all been pressure washed and sanded. They are now receiving their third and final coat of teak oil. |
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| All of the different hazard, out of bounds, on/off and directional stakes are sanded and painted every winter. |
