Course Update 2/7/19

Mother Nature has not made it easy on us the past week with the abnormally warm temps and rain.  The soft, muddy conditions forced us to alter our plans and work in some areas less susceptible to damage from the equipment.  We started the week removing brush and dead trees behind Lakes #2 green, working our way towards #9 then up along the tees.  Following #9 we cleared out the marsh area to the left of #8 approach in front of the green.  Once finished there, we moved to #8 tees and continued removing trees near the water cooler by the silver tee.  We'll be working along the tees on #8 for at least a week given the number of trees that need to come out to allow for sufficient sunlight.  The work area on #8 is less prone to damaging surrounding turf because the cart path is so close to the tree line and there's enough room for the excavator to maneuver in the woods.

While working on Lakes #2 we cleaned up the brush and jaggers along the stream bank adjacent to green

Brush and jaggers removed along the right side of the white and silver tees on #9.  This is looking back towards the blue tee from the silver tee

Lakes #9 from the gold tee.  We can start removing trees down the right side now that the brush is gone and the goal is to see most of the fairway bunkers on the right side.  They are visible now since the trees don't have leaves and it's easy to tell which trees need to come out

We also cleaned up around the bridge on #9 because the brush and vines were taking over the left side

We spent one day in the marsh left of #8 approach removing brush, sumac and willow trees prior to the ground thawing

With the marsh cleared on the left of #8 you can now see the entire green and all the bunkers from the fairway

Tree removal underway near the silver tee on #8.  We'll be working our way along the tees on #8 finishing behind the gold tee