Old Driving Range Tee

The old driving range tee was leveled and raked smooth yesterday where the turf was missing. We then laid 5500 square feet of bentgrass sod to make that tee fully covered. It turned out great.

Prepped and leveled DR tee

Laying the sod

All finished.  Turned out great.

New practice green flags and sticks

Professional touch

9 flags and sticks at the original PG, 5 at the clubhouse green and 3 at the driving range

Aerification dates

We will be aerating the Devlin course on September 3rd, 4th and 5th. The greens, tees and fairways will all be aerated at this time. The course will be closed all three days. We will then do the Weiskopf course on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. That course will be closed all three days as well. Both practice greens at both ends of the driving range will be aerated in September. The practice green at the clubhouse will remain open and will be aerated in October. 

Bunker details

The new Better Billy Bunkers have been an awesome addition to the few holes on both courses that were done. Now that the Devlin course has been completely edged, we are continuously working on sand depths in both the old and new bunkers. We are also taking inventory of rakes and adding some to the holes that don't have enough. We are placing the entire rake in the bunker with the head facing towards the green. The crew is not supposed to place the rake horizontal to the hole so the ball will not get held up on the faces. Below is an example of the new bunkers on #12 Devlin and how we are raking them in addition to the placement of the rakes.

Better Billy Bunker raked with rake placement not to interfere with shots

Looking across the hole

#5 Devlin

The front of #5 Devlin fairway has been such an eyesore with dead sod, bare areas and just soaking wet. When I first got here, I thought it was multiple irrigation breaks. We dug up 6 wet areas today and all were drainage lines that were severed during the irrigation install. The guys fixed all of them and added some more drainage and its amazing how the area dried up. With some topsoil to level the area and then seed, #5 fairway will be back to good shape very soon. 

Digging up and repairing each drainage break

Lance did a great job finding each break and leading a crew to make the area better

Lance, Tommy and Charles adding more drainage to even better dry out the area

Cart Path Only

We received 1.1" of rain early Tuesday morning. The ground already had a high moisture content and this rain made it even wetter. We were Cart Path Only on Tuesday and again today. Tomorrow on both courses we will be back to 90 degrees.  Thank you for your patience. This will also allow the rough to grow in and not cause additional ruts for the maintenance crew to fill. 

Crisp bunker edges

We have started getting a crisp 2-3" lip/edge on the bunkers. On most holes there was no defined edge on the bunkers and sand had migrated its way out into the grass. There was too much sand in places on the faces which can cause the ball to plug in the face rather than roll back to the center. We have about half the Devlin course finished and will move over to the Weiskopf early in the week.

#8 Devlin before we started.  Notice all the sand mix into the grass

Crew moving sand around to right depths and pulling sand off the edges

Crisp finished product after weedeating the edges and raking

Much better defined visual from far away