Heavy rain has dogged the crew for the last few weeks - over 3" fell last weekend. Even with all that, the course looks great overall and opening is on schedule for Friday, 9/4. One benefit of the rain is that the new drainage has been given a stress test and remaining problem areas can be addressed before the course opens. For example, the fairway on #3, one of the lowest areas on the course, still didn't drain as expected so some additional work was done.
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Another problem area - right of the 5th green - received an extra drain and larger pipe. First, the water was removed with a pump.
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The intense rain brought down some of the sand in the new Better Billy bunkers although there was no soil contamination.
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Repairing the damage was done quickly.
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Repairing the fairway bunkers on the 9th:
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On a couple of the greens the sprigging didn't take perfectly...
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so after some turf surgery...
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the area was covered with sod and mowed:
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Much of the off-fairway understory has been cleared and has been seeded or mulched. Prepping the ground waas done by this ferocious-looking device, the Perfecta II:
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The Perfecta at work:
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And the cleared ground after:
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The putting surfaces and surrounds have been given heavy doses of top dressing as seen here on #13.
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Mowing the 5th green:
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At the turnaround, the mower creates small piles of sand left from the top dressing. After the mowing, it's removed with a blower.
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Fairways - here the 4th - are filled in and being mowed every day or two.
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The 6th receiving an early morning mow. Note the new panoramic view behind, thanks to the careful pruning and tree removal.
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Payback for earlier tree removal led to planting these Chickasaw Plum trees behind the 1st tee.
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The small house next to the pro shop entrance has been enlarged with meeting rooms and a halfway house. A little landscaping will follow.
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