Fall Update

We have finally made it to cooler temperatures and more importantly RAIN! Ponds were able to fill up and there will be plenty of water to get us to winter. Along with full ponds we have gotten one of our new pumps installed and it has been running. It has been amazing seeing what just one new pump can do compared to the pump we were running off all summer was doing. Just off the single new pump we can run 200-300 gallons per minute more than the pump we used through out the year. 

Along with getting the new pump installed there have been several other projects that took place over the October and the first part of November. 

Rip Rap has been places along the edge of 2 and 5 Tee Boxes and the dam has been repaired. The rip rap will help limit erosion and further loss of our tee boxes. 

Small drain projects have been completed so far. Installing the drain boxes on holes 9 and 13 will  prevent the bird baths that have developed over the years. Have had many ask "why not just put sand or sand there?" The answer is that wouldn't have solved anything. you need a place for water to go. A catch basin was installed in both locations to collect water and drain lines were installed of the basin to transfer excess water to the creeks at both locations. 

 

These were also perfect opportunities for our assistant Kaenin to learn a new skills so next time he can take off on his own. He has been doing well in his new role and making it my goal through this fall and winter to get him prepared and so he can tackle any task that comes his way next summer. 

                       

As many of you have noticed we have lost some fairway at the beginning of hole 13, and it has been turned into rough. Blue Springs Country Club and Shiloh Springs Golf Course suffered turf loss on their greens and collars. To help assist them getting their collars back we have parted ways with the part of the fairway that is never played from. We are happy to help assist other GreatLife courses.

Going forward we will pick back up on taking out any dead trees that could be a hazard first. Following that we will begin to start clearing underbrush on holes 2,3, and 4. We have acquired a chipper and the plan is to chip all the cleared underbrush back into the area it was pulled from. I would also like to get the chipper back to the dump this year and begin cleaning that area up as well.