Our Greens Drainage program started right on time yesterday. Golf Preservations from Kentucky is currnetly wrapping up work on #1. To say their work is meticulous is not giving them enough credit.
The greens are first surveyed to be certain of the flow of water. Sod is stipped off the green, carefully laid to the side to be replaced exactly where it came from. The material is then trenched out of the green onto plywood and removed from the site. New, clean properly draining material or greensmix is then added to the 15" trench after a 2" diameter pipe has been installed in the bottom of the trench. The material is packed, the sod re-installed and tamped. Green will be open again once all trenches are completed and the green is clean and ready for play. 
We also did a new planting by the clubhouse cart area. Massed in with Native ornamental grasses as well as the pro shop entrance area with many new plants including the popular "Knockout Roses".
"Spaghetti mat" - a slip free walkway is the new surface covering the bridge to the 14th green. Our mechanic, Pat, lead the way with this one by first jacking up, leveling and then securing the bridge. The mat was then installed and secured with siderails. Rain is coming tonight so we will paint the support rails and siderails next week.
The Leyland Cypress trees were installed near the chipping/practice area. These trees can grow up to 3 feet per year and will provide an excellent screening of Breeze Hill Road and give the practice area a much more private feel.
The weather has been exceptional and we are about 3 weeks ahead of normal out on the course, everything is coming together very nicely for the early season. Hope you enjoy some of the changes out there. Stump grinder just arrrived so next week we will be knocking that off the list as well.
See you on the course soon! JohnnyP
Had to add this too....of course, very proud.
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| Nick Paquette receiving MVP award from SWHS Basketball Coach McKillop |
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