This week was a combination of edging bunkers and tree work. The staff spent three more days to complete Orchard fairway bunkers and I'm happy to announce that all the bunkers on the three courses have been edged. Depending on the weather, we'll resume checking sand depths and moving/adding sand around the middle of March in preparation for April 1st. The two bunkers at the chipping green and the bunker on the Lakes side driving range tee still require edging and will most likely be completed next week.
As for tree work, we spent two more days on Grove 8 removing vegetation in the left wood line along the tees. Similar to other areas, the trees and brush were encroaching into the line of play and prevented us from using several teeing locations. Ultimately it caused excessive wear in the areas that were being used due to the lack of recovery time we'd normally have by moving the tee markers around the entire tee.
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| These two Silver Maples near the lower blue tee on Grove 8 were removed due to their proximity to the tee. Every time the tee was aerified we would find pieces of wood in the aerification plugs from the tree roots that were growing into the tee. |
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| Here's a view from the gold tee. Only the right half of the tee could be used because of the trees blocking the left side. |
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| Same view from the gold tee on Grove 8 with the trees and brush removed. |
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| Grove 8 from the blue tee. |
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| Most of the forward white tee on Grove 8 was unusable due to a large Poplar that was growing in the left hazard. That tree has been removed so more of the tee can now be used. |
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