WATER COOLERS

Matt and the crew are building water coolers. We are almost done with them. We have been taking advantage of the rain events to stay in the shop a few hours building these cooler houses. They will allow us to improve the look on the course while improving the cooler security for safety.

We should have them out this weekend for the holiday.

Nice work Matt!!!!

SOD

We have had a wet spring and it has been difficult to schedule sod installation. It is too wet this week and we will be busy over the holiday so we are planning to install the sod next week.

Thanks for your patience.

SPRAYING POLYMER TODAY

TOPEKA SOD FARM CONSTRUCTION is spraying polymer in bunkers today.  They have approximately 10,000 square feet prepared for spraying today.  After today we will have all of the front nine green-side bunkers ready for sand with the exception of 3 and 7.  We are going to eliminate the back right green bunker on 3 as it is basically out of plan and we are attempting to reduce our bunker square footage.  We are also going to re-shape the bunkers on 7 green as that bunker is too large and we can shape it into a few smaller bunkers that will be easier to maintain and still provide the architecture that was intended for that hole.

We would like to thank the TSFC crew for working through the cold days this winter to keep our construction project on track. 

HAGCSA SHOP TALK

We had a shop full of Superintendents in our maintenance facility this week for a discussion about bunkers and specifically the Better Billy Bunker system.  Jerry Lemons was here representing Better Billy and gave a very informative talk about bunker history, challenges, and opportunities.

It was a great venue for us to discuss each person's bunker challenges and how the industry has changed with some of the new technology that is available to Superintendents.  We had 43 Superintendents in our facility and we enjoyed the seminar.  

SPRAYING #6

This is our first training bunker.

FIRST DAY OF SPRAYING BBB

We had a very successful day today. We sprayed almost all of 6 and two green side of 9 today. We passed our certification today and we are ready to go full steam ahead weather permitting.

BETTER BILLY BUNKER TRAINING

Tonight we are learning about bunker Construction and the Better Billy Bunker System. Adam Lemons is here training us on the install and maintenance of the BBB System.  The weather looks like it is going to hold up for us to spray bunkers tomorrow.