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Saturday, August 10, 2013

We have begun construction on a new yellow/forward tee on #14 so that it will no longer be a temporary tee on uneven ground.  This tee will be a great addition for any player who is not able to hit the ball as far as some others, or for if you are just looking to get a different perspective on this challenging hole.  The new tee is small enough that we have been able to build it with materials that were leftover from building the new blue tee on number six.  This new tee will require one additional sprinkler head to provide it with adequate irrigation coverage.  The plan is to have the tee completed by the end of next week, and open for play a few weeks after that.

It's hard to believe what I'm about to say, but it's time to start marking your calendars for our fall aerification schedule.  Fairway aerification will take place beginning on September 3rd, while the club is closed after labor day, and if weather and equipment cooperates, will be completed by Thursday, September 5th.  Greens aerification is scheduled for Monday, September 16th, and will probably carry over into the 17th.  Tees will be fit into the schedule whenever possible.  Please remember that during fairway and green aerification there may be nine holes closed to help expedite this critical process.  Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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  1. UnknownAugust 19, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    On the east coast, I recall the club would do the aerification of the green in two sections so at least 1/2 the green was available to play by changing the pin placement.

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  2. Matt HarstadAugust 21, 2013 at 7:54 AM

    Mr. Rome,

    Thank you for your reply. We have considered using this method in the past, but for a few reasons we have not tried it. For one, it just prolongs the rough greens, but from a management perspective it is very difficult due to the amount of sand that we put on the greens and only having sand on one half of the green which would require two different mowing practices for each green. I'm sure you will find that the disruption from our aerification is actually quite minimal. I look forward to meeting you. We can go into more depth about our process then.

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