Winter Work

Between snow and rain events we continue to chip away at winter work.  Clearing of underbrush and volunteer growth has been completed at the driving range netting and at the property line near #3 ladies tee.  Clearing at the range netting was needed to retrieve lost range balls.  Clearing near the ladies tee was needed to have a line of sight from the tee complex of #3 to the entrance of the driving range.  It was becoming dangerous entering and leaving the range with a blind spot to golfers teeing off on #3.

We have also started grinding tree stumps.

Finally, we broke ground at the new short game practice area.  We are converting our bent grass nursery into a great place for practicing chipping, pitching, lobbing and bunker shots!

River Runs Through

The sky’s  really opened up last week and looks as if we will see more of the same in the upcoming days.  5.5” rained on our parade, with multiple extreme downpours causing flash flooding and horrible bunker washouts!

Above is a picture that you can just barely see the rails of #16 walk bridge!  The creek came out of its bank on multiple holes leaving a large amount of debris behind.  We are still cleaning up debris as we have spent most of our labor hours getting bunkers back in form.

No bunker liner can protect against downpours of over an inch of rain in less than a hour. Totals for this Tuesday night event were 3.1 inches!  But do notice the minor amount of contamination in the bottom of bunker above.  Below, the bunker in the background has a liner and the one in the foreground has no liner.  Look at the huge difference in silt contamination!

The week wasn’t a complete wash though.  We did manage to mow 90% of the rough before the rain started, spread fertilizer and layed sod in areas where tree stumps were as well as some bare areas from the bunker renovation.

Bright White

Hope to get back to bunker work this week after nearly an inch of rain on Sunday.  Here are some good looking pics from this past Friday!  The shining sun had the bunker sand glowing bright white!

Outta Here!

It’s official! Our contractor has finished shaping their last bunker and are packing up!  Another demanding couple of days of work and our BHCC team is close to the finish line.  Sod and sand on #13 and drainage and liner on #5!

High Gear

Another busy day as we are locked into high gear this week!  The BHCC squad worked on drainage, liner and sod on hole #13.  The shaping crew worked on hole #5.  Tomorrow we will be laying out a lot of sod!

If bunkers weren’t enough we are replacing the roof and gutters on the pumphouse too!  

Bunker Update!

We are going to be really busy this week!  We’re counting down the number of bunkers left to renovate!  Today, #13’s bunker was completed with shaping.  They are now moving to #5 to finish constructing the last three bunkers!  Tomorrow we will install drainage and bunker liner on hole 13.  Fescue sod was also ordered to finally complete holes 6 and 12.  Not sure yet how we are going to pull off all this work this week, but my team is up for the challenge!

#5 green side bunker(below)

Spring Fever

Winter is breaking up and spring is blowing in with style.  High winds caused us to close the golf course on Thursday as a precaution to potential falling limbs and trees.  Today we mowed greens in preparation for a fair weekend of golf.

More importantly, we are up and going on the bunker renovation again!  We continuously keep an eye on the extended range weather forecast.  The future looks good so we are going to make a run toward the finish line! Today we broke ground on #13.

Quarter Acre

Another exciting day!  More drainage, liner and some sand in the bunkers  on #12.  Even better was the delivery and installation of over a quarter acre of sod in one day.  With this much area we had Midwest Turf come in and give us a hand!  At the end of the day most of the greens complex was finished.

While sod was going down trenches were dug for drainage and irrigation work on #5 and #13.  The future bunker on 13 will be located where the old irrigation line was and has to be moved.  A drainage line was trenched for the same bunker. 






#5

Doubling Down

Two more bunkers were completed today minus installing sand.  We are going to wait till tomorrow morning when the ground is firm from freezing temperatures overnight.  Everyone stuck around a little longer including our contractors today.  We made a huge push to get the entire complex in final grade form to start sod work tomorrow.

Big progress every day this week, tomorrow’s update will be flashy so check back!

Two Down Tuesday

We knocked out two of the six bunkers at #12 greens complex today.  One other bunker is completed with shaping and ready for drainage first thing in the morning!  Planning for another great day on Wednesday!

Peninsula

Rain was falling this morning, but we kept our head down and kept working.  #12 green is now officially a peninsula surrounded by dirt(and mud).  The entire green complex is getting modified.  The right side of the green went under the knife today and big progress was made.  Tarps were finally pulled from front bunkers to dry out.

We also started our prep work at #13 green.  A bunker will be constructed to the right of the green.  Unfortunately, that’s the current location of our irrigation line.  Two sprinkler heads were removed and holes dug at the end of each side of the line.  We will be trenching in a new route that will go around the bunker and reinstall the two heads.

Sod being cut to be removed

Flags marking current irrigation route on #13