A few members want more sand/seed bins on the course. We have bins at the backshop, at #5 tee, #7 tee, #10 tee, #12 tee and #15 tee. I know of no other golf course that has so much sand/seed available all over the property. I deem them as a necessary evil so we will not be adding more bins. They are rarely empty at the end of the day. If they are, great! What we should be seeing is more divots returned to their original location. Its kind of like repairing ball marks. If you see a fresh divot and feel so inclined, find a crater to put it in. It doesn't have to be a perfect fit. It seems to me that a sand/seed bottle can sometimes become a convenient alternative to walking a few yards and replacing a divot. Am I wrong in making this assumption? In the end though, it is your course and your choice.
Cut the rough!! If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that in the last 2 weeks I'd buy a share. Well, not really. Just to reassure everyone: we are "cuttin the loong grrrass by the puttin grreen" to quote a former greenskeeper. Its just thicker and growing faster than it has in recent memory. Constant rain and timely fertilizing will do that. I for one welcome the change. Remember it won't take too long for it to brown off if the rain subsides and temperatures rise.
It does make the course more difficult doesn't it? Thats the beauty of golf. You must deal with changing conditions and "dig deep" at times. Seriously though, we are doing are best to keep it in control. Thank you for your patience.
At the last board meeting (Monday night) I mentioned we were planning and costing some small projects. One of those was to install a paving stone path for cart traffic behind the 3rd tee box. Without going into too much detail it has been deferred to next season (mainly due to the cost). We will still be doing a small walk off paving stone path behind the 4th green and adding some sprinklers later this season but as I was standing at the 9th tee this morning I got fed up with the mess between the the 2 tee complexes. I knew the whole path area was on our list for aesthetic improvement so I decided to get started. It won't affect your round but it will look much nicer when completed. Wood chips and boulders will be utilized in the open beds. Air movement and sight lines have been improved immediately and when the cart paths are eventually repaved and curbed it will be a huge improvement. It will be a work in progress but not looking "unfinished" as funds become available and it is completed over time.
Don Stenson will be posting a schedule of projects on the website a soon as I make a few changes to the document. These projects are smaller in scale but in addition to Ted Locke's Long Range Golf Course Enhancement Plan. The bunker work scheduled for the 5th hole later this fall is a continuation of Ted's plan.
Wade
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