The irrigation project on the front nine holes is underway. Our irrigation consultant, Dave Regan (from Florida), is on site the next three days laying out specific head locations on holes 1-9. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we got a start on the work by installing a new 8" pipe in the culvert that runs from the 10th hole, under the administration building, to the first hole. This is one of two road crossings that loops water around the golf course. 8" is the largest pipe we will be handling on the front nine compared to 12" pipe on the back nine. This makes the project a little less challenging since all the "heavy lifting" is compete. The largest pipe used on any irrigation project is the main line that comes from the irrigation pump house. Our pump house is the stone building on the lake at the corner of Hudson Road and Dillard Road. All of that work was done last winter. Let's hope for a mild winter because we only have 3 months to complete this and our other capital projects.
Spools of HDPE pipe consume the clubhouse parking lot.
Speaking of our other projects, this winter, we are hoping to have enough time to complete the following:
1. Front Nine Irrigation
2. Construct a new Ross Tee on #13 tee, in front of the existing back tee, knocking up to 15 yards off the length of the tee shot.
3. Expend the 16th tee forward about 10 yards for additional tee space and shortening the distance for the Highlands and Happoldt tees.
4. Reshape the remaining bunkers left from the Ron Forse Master Plan. This means the bunkers on holes #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 will be tweaked and rebuilt.
5. Install drainage on holes #7 and in front of the practice tee.
Contractor, Green-Tee Golf, is on site and will be handling the projects mentioned above. This doesn't include the lengthy list of projects that we will be completing in-house with our own team. There are a number of drainage improvements, tree work, re-sodding work and general maintenance that is going to be completed over the next 3 months. Keep up with the Highlands CC Agronomy Blog to see how productive we are over the coming months!
