UPDATE: New "Tent"

The new "tent" / pavillion is almost complete now.  Only a few minor details remain.  This will allow us to stop using the yellow and white tent for our tournament half-way house.  Having the new structure located off of the drive area will also provide room for visiting carts to park out of the main driveway when they stop to grab a bite.

Thanks to member Sam Willcut who donated his labor to construct this nice addition.

New "Tent"

Take a good last look at the yellow and white tent that we've used for a halfway house the past several years.  The canvas is starting to rot and storms have not been kind to the metal framework, so this week we started construction on a new, permanent "tent".  The "tent" will have it's own concrete floor with partial walls on the front and back, plus a nice roof.  It will not be a full-on building with running water, stove, etc., but more a permanent "tent" to hold our grills and coolers.  Expect a front counter, probably poured concrete, and not a lot of fanciness. 

You'll notice that the slab and building will be off of the driveway.  This will allow cart traffic to park in the area that was occupied by the tent, leaving more room for vehicle traffic in the drive.

RAIN!!!

Woohoo!  After teasing us and going all around us the last few days we finally got about 1/2" of rain overnight.  This will not make up for the extreme heat and drought we've had for the past month but it is a good start!

UPDATE 7/12/12:  Alex reported at our Green Committee meeting last night that we have now had 1.6" of rain since the end of April.

Fireworks!

As of Monday afternoon, July 2, 2012 we are still planning to have our July 4th Fireworks Display as usual.  Mid-County Fire allowed Kinderhook to have theirs on Saturday night, so we should fall under similar conditions (irrigation system available; controlled area; etc.)

#3 Bunker - Redux

Take a look at this sweet view of the front bunker on #3.  Zoysia sod arrived this morning and Alex and his guys got right on getting it laid. 

Here are a few more of the construction process

This is what the bunker looked like after it was shaped, but before the excavation was done for the actual sand area, and before drainage was installed.

Getting ready for drainage, here you can see the drain that is coming from under the green.  It was tied into the new bunker drainage to fully drain the green and bunker.

The new bunker with the area excavated.  You can see the pea gravel covering the new drains.



Bo and Jay work on getting the sod laid.

#3 Bunker

This morning Alex and his crew began the process of renovating the front bunker at #3 green by demoing the old bunker.  As you are aware, the high flashed face on this bunker has caused continuous maintenance nightmares for our grounds crew as every time we have a hard rain it washes all the sand down from the face to the bottom of the bunker.   This bunker will be renovated in the same style used on the right front bunker on #1 and the bunkers on #10 where the steep face is replaced with a grassy face and the sand portion of the bunker is a mostly flat area at the base.

Here is what it looked like about a week ago.

And here are a couple showing how it looked mid-morning.  As you can see, it is still very wet and difficult to work with but fortunately the sun is shining and there's a little breeze, which will help dry it out.

Shaping and drain work will continue over the next couple days so that it should be ready by the time our load of zoysia sod arrives late this week.

In case you need a reminder, here is what it looked like following a heavy rain

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Bunker Review

We've told you all about the reasons we were rebuilding a number of bunkers on the course, including the right front bunker on #1 and both front bunkers on #10. Over the course of Thursday and Friday of this week we had over 5" of rain, at times falling very hard. We had additional rains on Saturday, again very hard at times. On Sunday I made a quick trip to #1 between showers and took a look at what the right front bunker on #1 looks like following all that rain. Which would you prefer?

This (above) is what the front right bunker on #1 looks like today following over 5" of rain in two days.

 

This (above) is what the front right bunker on #1 looks like today following over 5" of rain in two days.

This (above) is what the OLD #1 bunker looked like following a heavy rain in August 2007.