Opening day.

Today is opening day, the weather is perfect and the course is packed. If you're playing this weekend, then you'll notice everything that was done this week. The nice weather helped us out a lot and we were able to start getting caught up on some of our projects. We finished laying the sod at #3, cut in the edges on the bunkers on #1 and #2 and filled with pea gravel. They are ready to have the Better Billy Bunker polymer sprayed on, which will happen Monday. After that we will add sand and finish sodding the entry points. 

The bunkers are starting to look like bunkers again. 

The range project is also coming along nicely. The old path has been back filled with soil and the new path has been graveled and is almost ready for paving. Everything is starting to take shape and you can really tell where the new path will be and how much will be added onto the range tee. The range tee gets a lot of use, so the more teeing ground you have the better. 

New path and tee extension. 

What I'm sure anyone who is playing will notice is that we aerified greens. We know that this wasn't an ideal timing for an aerification, but it really was the earliest date we could get on the greens. However, unlike the fall when we pull cores, we use solid tines in the spring so it isn't as disruptive and the greens heal in quicker. Furthermore, we've already fertilized to get them growing faster so it shouldn't be too long until they're back to good. Aerification is essential to maintaining healthy greens that are firm and fast, so we really do appreciate your patience. 

Small holes will fill in quickly. 

I hope everyone enjoys the really nice weather this weekend and plays well. But if you're game is still a little rusty, just remember what it looked like last Thursday and be glad the sun's out!  

Ian