Updated Course Information and LREP Design Changes

Course Information

• 1st winter fungicide application will be complete when the front 9 tees are sprayed on Tuesday.
• Fairways will be sprayed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Notification will be posted on the hole being treated and beyond that point.
• Greens will be rolled as required from now until the end of the season.
• Leaf removal will take priority on those holes being sprayed.
• Course closed October 30th. There are those that feel we should play beyond that date and there will "likely" be little or no ill effect on the course. There is no guarantee one way or the other. Why risk it? At this point in the season my greatest concern is doing everything we can to ensure the health of the course going into winter so that conditions are good for the beginning of the 2012 golf season. The winter weather is out of our control but many other variables are and now is not the time to gamble with them.

LREP Update

• Pond liner on #10 will be completed by Monday afternoon except for a small section next to the retaining wall.
• The retaining walls on #18 and beside the 11th green should be built by the end of the month and then we will fill the lakes.
• The entire 10th hole irrigation is being renovated this week. Once that is complete the final grading can commence and sod can be laid down. It is hoped this can be finished by the end of the month.
• The bunker renovations are proceeding pretty much on schedule even though it doesn't seem like it to the casual observer.
• The irrigation upgrades to all the back 9 greens are finished, tested and working. 
• Cart path renovation and paving from the 15th green to 17th tee will begin Monday.

Design Changes

• The 15th hole has seen a major change in bunker placement. Ted Locke has reduced the bunker complex on the right and added a new bunker in the left rough just ahead of the fairway drop off. Aside from the old bunker complex being a maintenance nightmare the addition of the left bunker will stop many shots from bouncing off the mounding and into the trees. It looks very good at this point. Come out and see for yourself during the open course tour next Sunday.
• The cart path at 12 green has been moved to the south of the green and will travel through the trees and exit at the corner of the back tee on 13. The right side of the green will now have more room to receive errant shots allowing a better recovery option. Again check it out next week.

All for now,

Wade