A good amount of work was completed today at the practice facility. The former green location was leveled by hauling in old greens mix from #14 green. As you can see below, we are preparing to install concrete forms tomorrow for the first of two slabs that will support the artificial hitting mats. All this work is being done with our in-house talent.
Above and below, the grading on #17 approach is complete and ready for our architect, Ron Forse, to critique it tomorrow. He will be on site to look at the final grades of #12 and #14 greens. The pictures don't do this project justice and I realize it is difficult to see exactly what was done until grass is installed.
Above, on #16, all of the sod below the green has been removed.
Above, on #14, we are working on finishing the shaping of the green surrounds. Below, with internal drainage installed in the new bunkers on #12, a two inch gravel blanket is installed along the floor of the bunker. When weather permits, we'll be applying the Better Billy Bunker polymer onto the gravel. This is a porous adhesive that binds the pea gravel together and allows water to move through it. Once done, we'll top off the bunkers with six inches of sand, compacted to 4".
Above and below, you can see we are making some minor tweaks to the approach on the 11th hole to reduce the "hourglass" shape of the approach.
The final three photos show some of the progress being made and the setup being done to start dredging.
Above, we are in the process of installing sand bags that will direct water flow into the newly installed 24" culvert to the left, Once this is done, we'll be able to pump the water out of #10 pond, allowing us to remove the sediment.
Above, the 1st phase in the construction of a "forebay" in #10 pond. This will allow us to collect sediment in this pond before if ends up the larger portions of the lake. Below, we'll need to build a couple 'peninsulas' that will allow the excavator to reach out further into the pond. The excavator has a 60 foot long boom on it but it still only gets less than half way across the pond.
