Rock Wall on #3 is Finished!

The rock wall in front of #3 Green has been completed, which means all 27 holes are now open!  The construction of the wall was a very long process through planning and permitting, but once the permits became official we wasted no time in finishing the project.  The company we hired to build the wall did a great job, and reinforced the wall multiple ways to ensure long lasting strength.  From start to finish it took exactly 3 weeks to build from the ground up, back fill and sod.  Our staff was in charge of the finishing work of back filling the wall, installing drainage and sodding.  This took us 4 days alone to finish the process, but the work turned out great.  I would like to say THANK YOU to one of our members, Mr. John Davis.  Mr. Davis was kind enough to help send a Semi-Truck to Alabama to pick up the Zoysia grass sod used to finish the area between #3 green and the wall.  Due to a trucking shortage, without his help we could not have finished #3 or been able to play all 27 holes last weekend.  Please tell Mr. Davis Thank You next time you see him for his generous act!  Take a look at the pictures of the wall from start to finish.........

May 1st!

Today is May 1st, and I am very sad to say that the project is not yet complete.  This day has long been our goal to for opening 27 holes and the Driving Range, but many different factors have made our goal unobtainable.  Recent weekly rains have slowed the drying process on the last 50% of the range, and even the Bulldozers doing the work continually get stuck while trying to finish up.  Please know that we are still diligently working to put everything back together, and still hope to have all 27 holes open some time in the next week to 10 days.  I do believe that everyone will start to see a lot more progress over the next 2 weeks.  Saturday, we will start to sod the remaining damage from the haul road on #3, as well as finish #8 fairway.  After this area is sodded, TDI will then start laying sod in front of the new range tee.  The plan is to sod as much of the range as possible next week.  We should have over half of the range complete by the end of next week, and the rest will be soon to follow.  Once project we have been busy with is stabilizing the banks of the creek on #13 fairway.  We have chosen to repair the stream bank with big boulders, weighing 2,000 to 3,000 pounds each.  This should help to keep the bank from continually eroding over time, and also add a clean and aesthetically pleasing look to the stream.  Take a look at the pictures below and see what you think.  I plan on showing a complete chronological timeline of photos once the project is completed.  We still have one more side to go!

Even though the project is a little behind schedule, we are still seeing improvements every day.  We are all anxious for the project to be over and for the club to be running at its normal capacity once again!  We are going to put our nose to the grindstone for the next few weeks and deliver the best product possible!