2016 Early Projects
I thought I would take a break from battling this nasty August weather and update the blog. We were able to button up a few small projects prior to the Summer and I wanted to share some of the photos that I took along the way.
(1) Our bunker project on 7 finished up beautifully. We removed 12 large troublesome Hickory trees from the west side of the green and 8 forward tee. This work transformed the unplayable right side of the green surround with greatly improved turf and a new fine fescue banked bunker.
(2) We tied that theme into the surrounds behind the forward tee on 8 by bringing the fine fescue to the pond bank and the rear of the tee.
(3) A new bridge has been added to our 14th green. This replaced a bridge that was old when I got here in 1995...who knows how old it really was???
(4) We also finally got the newly and once again reconstructed tees on 6 done. This is unfortunately a project that takes place every 18-24 months because of our ever moving Earth - due to the fault line that runs from 12 tee up along the ridge to 6 tee and then back down to 13 tee.
(5) Finally, we were able to secure a new High Density Poly 4' main line on 13. This replaced the infamous 4" Fire hose which acted as a temporary main for a number of years. This once again due to our moving Earth on the fault line. The HDP has the ability to flex, and should provide water to the beach holes for quite a while, providing movement is relatively minimal.
7 Bunker
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| 7 surrounds before / 8 forward tee in background |
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| 7 after removal of 12 trees and stumps ground. |
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| Assistant Phil in the loader beginning to dig out roots and base for new bunker |
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| dig out and move material to form burm |
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| roots from Hickory trees traveled all the way into 7 green |
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| beginning to get a feel for the shape, note all the roots which caused numerous issues. |
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| tremendous amount of roots that literally sucked all the moisture from the turf |
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| Phil in the skidsteer shaping the burm. |
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| thin turf prior to renovation |
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| shaping and packing |
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| Phil packing the back of the bunker bank |
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| progressing on the bank, notice how thin all the turf is due to the tree roots that were there. |
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| this tree root was still dripping uptake water 3 weeks after the tree and stump were removed. |
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| getting closer, discussing making bunker bigger....we did. |
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| view from 7 fwy. |
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| once bunker was shaped all existing sod was stripped and removed. The area was then prepped for new tall fescue |
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| prep work was mostly done by hand |
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| early stages of sodding. fine fescue on back of burm, tall fescue in mowed rough |
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| sod work continues |
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| almost done with sod |
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| simple landscape fabric was added to the bottom of the bunker prior to adding sand to keep small rocks from migrating up |
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| last step - addition and packing of sand. we used 2/3 Pennsylvania quartzite to 1/3 native long island "Roanoke" sand. |
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FINISHED PRODUCT
8 FORWARD TEE |
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| after tree removal we added about 60 yards of construction mix as a base for the tee |
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| the surface was then laser graded |
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| after grade was correct and new irrigation added, we installed "Crystal Blue" Bentgrass to the surface. |
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| after the tee surface was done we installed a tall fescue border and surrounded that with no mow fine fescue |
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| COMPLETED NEW 8 TEE |
14 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
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| challenging move of long standing bridge. we shifted it over while new bridge was going to be installed |
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| arrival of the new bridge...... |
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| 3 gentlemen from Amish country in PA traveled to install new bridge |
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from arrival to completion....3 hours and 25 minutes.
6 TEE REBUILD |
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| after stripping the surface we tried to remove as many rocks as possible. due to the fact that we will have to do this over again in about 18 months, we did not bring in construction material. |
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| first line of sod being placed. due to the fact that we would open the par 3 tee quickly we used a short cut bluegrass. |
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| summer staffers Nick (SUNY New Paltz '19) and Peter (U Albany '19) getting busy with the sod. |
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| bombing that new sod with water. |
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| Another completed project. short cut bluegrass surface. tall fescue surrounds |
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| ordered a few extra square feet of sod so we could repair the walk-up to 5 green at the same time. |
Main line repair on 13
Our "Fire Hose" main line failed and we had no water on the beach for 5 days during a very hot stretch of weather. Thanks to FRIENDS IRRIGATION and owner Richard Friend for quickly coming to our rescue and helping us install our new HDP main. The new main is working great and much of our turf has recovered.
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| we hired Friends Irrigation from Deer Park to help us install the new HDP main. |
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| HDP is actually melted together to form a super strong connection |
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| new wires were added to replace y stretched existing communication and electric wires. new wires were safely enveloped in conduit. |
Many Thanks to our hard working staff for getting these projects done, while keeping the golf course in great shape. We look forward to more improvements under the direction of our new ownership who have been very supportive of our efforts.
We hope you enjoy the improved areas of play.
