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Jeff Blume

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Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« on: April 18, 2013, 02:56:35 PM »
Just a couple of construction photos from the renovation of the A&M golf course. 










Fire Away! ;)
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2013, 04:19:38 PM »
I like how your maintenance practices have browned out the course.
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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Randy Thompson

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2013, 05:14:01 PM »
Jeff,
No inmates for this construction? Will you have to use Aggies from their turf program for labor? On a serious note, is there a contractor involved or do you put a shaper on site, maybe a back hoe person and a construction superintendent???
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2013, 06:11:12 PM »
Try it this way.

Quote from: Jeff Blume on April 18, 2013, 02:56:35 PM
Just a couple of construction photos from the renovation of the A&M golf course. 










Fire Away! ;)
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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Jeff Blume

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2013, 10:37:02 PM »
Randy,

No convicts for this one.  Landscapes Unlimited is doing the construction and has done a great job.  The fairways for the course will be sand capped and construction should be complete sometime in July.  Sand capping was necessary due to the fact that the only thing worse than the water in College Station is the soil.

Agronomy students will have the opportunity to intern on the maintenance crew during grow in and also when regular operations commence.  In addition, we will be building three holes for research in phase 2 of the project.

Hope all is well with you.
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Mickey Boland

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2013, 10:42:32 PM »
Jeff,

Thanks for the update.  Look forward to more as the work progresses and to seeing it in person on a football weekend in the fall.
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Randy Thompson

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Re: Okay Aggies, here is a little sneak peak
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 08:38:44 AM »
Quote from: Jeff Blume on April 18, 2013, 10:37:02 PM
Randy,

No convicts for this one.  Landscapes Unlimited is doing the construction and has done a great job.  The fairways for the course will be sand capped and construction should be complete sometime in July.  Sand capping was necessary due to the fact that the only thing worse than the water in College Station is the soil.

Agronomy students will have the opportunity to intern on the maintenance crew during grow in and also when regular operations commence.  In addition, we will be building three holes for research in phase 2 of the project.

Hope all is well with you.
Jeff,
How thick is the sand cap? Shaper provided by LU or were you able to persuade them to hire somebody you normally work with?
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