Concrete Cart Path Improvements

Over the past few weeks we took time to replace some broken and uneven cart paths on the golf course.  If you have ridden in a golf cart around the course lately you can tell there are some rough areas to navigate.  Many of the rough spots we see in the cart path come from tree roots growing under the concrete panels.  As the tree roots get larger, they push the panels up and create uneven seams in the concrete.  Some areas are also the original concrete cart path from when the course was built in 1989-1990.  The old concrete is starting to chip away at the surface and has cracked over time.

Here is some of the old cart path at #7.  The sections in the foreground are ok and not removed, but the sections to the right and far away in the picture will be removed.  The area on the right is a connection to the old cart path which is not used any more, and will be turned to grass.

It is hard to see in the shade, but this old turn around in the cart path will be removed and turned to grass.  This area is right behind #6 green and comes into play to golfers quite often.  There is also old broken curbing and cracked concrete which is unsightly.

This turn around will be removed and turned to grass.

The concrete company removes the old panels of concrete and prepares the area with a light coating of sand to prepare a base.

Using a modified Chevy S-10 pickup truck, they haul in concrete 1 yard at a time.  The truck will dump the concrete for the team to start spreading out and smoothing.

This machine is also used to haul the wet concrete and pour to speed up the process.

Once all the concrete is poured and finished, it is time for the dirty work.  Our staff will go in with fresh soil and pack the edges to fill in the gaps.  It is a slow process and takes time to get it right, with tamping and raking a large part of the process.  

The machine is sitting on top of what was the concrete turn around, which will be sodded to grass.  This should help give a few golfers a more forgiving lie than on the cart path!

Here is the finished product!  Looks much cleaner, and drives very smooth!  It is almost hard to tell anything even happened.

We also took the chance to fix this area behind #3 green.  This area was very broken up and uneven, and also did not drain properly at all.  The new concrete sends all the water to the drain and it works great!

This area next to #9 tee was very bumpy and was badly damaged from tree roots.  With the new concrete it is now very smooth for years to come!