Author: CCN Golf Course Maintenance

30 days til we open….wide open throttle to the finish line

9 grn left, range tee middle, short game right
Short game grn
Range target area
1 tee
1 frwy… drainage sod project underway in middle
1 grn left, 2 grn right
1 grn , 2 tees
5 frwy left, 2 grn middle, 1 frwy right. Some sod spots on 2
Same as above just different angle
3 frwy. Stripes hard to see as camera is facing sun
3 right, 4 left looking north away from sun
3 grn facing south
3 grn and 4 tees
Run off behind 3 grn onto 4 gold tee
New white tee on 4
4 frwy left, 3 frwy right
4 left, 3 right
4 grn with run off cut in all the way around it.
4 grn looking north down 5
5 frwy
5 grn
5 grn and 6 tee… notice how 5 approach runs right onto 6 tee
5 grn & 6 tee different angle. 6 grn on top
6 grn right, short game grn left
7 tee in waste area. Yes, it is that bright 😎
7,8,9…. Stunning 🤩
7 left, 8 right
7 frwy
7 grn
8 left, 7 right
9,8,7 left to right
9,8,7 a lil closer
8 grn
9 frwy left, 8 grn bottom, 7 tees middle top
9 frwy left, 7 waste area right
9 grn and range area
9 grn
10 frwy with heavy sanding to smooth it out. We are sanding all the fairways, tees and approaches to help smooth them out some.
10 grn
11 frwy heavy sanded
12 frwy
12 grn
13 frwy
13 grn looking south
14 white tee getting sanded
14 left , 18 right
14 frwy
14 frwy looking back at tees
14 tees
15 grn
15 grn
16
16 frwy
16 grn
17
17 frwy
17, new sod around drain
Middle of 17 frwy, new sod where it was so wet the grass never took off
17 grn
18
18 frwy
18
18, about to start some sod work
18, stripping some bad areas around a drain basin
18 grn with sanding go on behind it on 13
New parking lot on 18 from 400’ up

Day 193… the real one

Practice area
Range
Range tee
Putting grn
1 tee
1 frwy
1 grn complex
2 grn middle, 1 on right, 5 left
3
3 frwy
4 – Few spots to still grow in
4 grn
5
5 frwy
6
7 left , 8 right
7 frwy, watering in some fertilizer
7 grn
8 frwy
8 middle frwy
8 grn
8 grn right, 9 frwy left
9 frwy
9 grn
10 frwy
Just fertilized 10 frwy,
10 – still some grow in to do
10 grn’s complex
11 tees
11 frwy
11 frwy
11 approach – still patchy. Hammering with fertilizer and water to keep growing
11 grn
12 tee
12 frwy
12 grn right side look
12 grn left side look – this is over 13 white tee
13
13 frwy
13
13
13 grn bottom, 18 grn behind
14 left / 18 right
14 frwy
14
14 grn
15 tees
15 grn
16

I ran out of battery on drone so no 17 & 18 …

New parking lot being built by 18
Clubhouse parking lot still constantly full of trucks and pile of stuff
Up close with back-9 grow in
Wrap up

Day 183… it’s getting harder to see the changes so here’s some comparatives

Hole 13
Hole 18
Hole 17

We are entering the final stages of this long journey. Think of what’s left to do being like having to iron out all the wrinkles of a thousand loads of laundry. I’m some cases that exactly what we have to do… smooth the surface. There’s also all the supplemental drainage that has to be installed, a few hundred trap rakes need to be assembled, ball washers installed, landscaping still needs to be installed, a parking lot has to be built, only one of the two new power transformers has been installed, all the power everywhere has to be connected, palms have to be trimmed, pine straw has to be laid out, cart paths edged, 1200 sprinklers edged, 450 drain basins cleaned off, and the list goes on and on and on and on

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Day 182…. The real one. Sorry about the repost.

These are pics of just the back 9. First day we are cutting the new fairway contours, so they’re not super sexy yet. If you look close, starting to look like a golf course though.

10 tee. Starting to mow what we call no man’s land between 10 tee – 13 grn – 18 grn – 14 tee
No man’s land
10 frwy
10 frwy
10 grn
11 frwy
11 frwy… figuring out the perimeter cut
11 frwy
11 grn
12
12 frwy rolls right up onto 13 white tee
13 frwy
13
13 grn on bottom, 18 grn above
14 left / 18 right… both haven’t been cut yet
Same pic just a lil closer
14 silver tee will be part of the frwy cut with a couple of markers on the tee pad
Cutting so serious grass off of 14
14 fairway perimeter is cut and beginning first cut down the middle
It’s a long slow day for Gene on the fairway mower. He’s one of my best operators!
14 grn with huge run off on right side and back
15 tee
Chipping area off of 15 grn
Chipping area left of 15 grn
Tees 16
16 frwy
16
16 frwy… arrow points to 16 blue tee in the approach cut of 16 grn
17 tees
17 frwy
17 frwy
17 grn
17 grn
18 frwy
18
18 grn
The ding dong flying the drone
How much the mowers were cutting today. We haven’t been able to mow the b-9 for almost 3 wks while the supplemental sprigs we’re taking root.

Day 173

Range
Range tee
Short game grn and range tee
Putting grn behind 1 tee
#1
1
#1 at turning point. Notice how the frwy on right side curves towards behind #2
2 grn just sits up like and island with fairway encircling it.
1 grn’s complex, 2, then 3
#1 grn and run off going up on #2 tees
1 frwy right, 2 grn, 5 frwy on left. Notice one continuous frwy cut from #1 to #5
2 grn same pic as ⬆️
3 frwy left, 4 on right
3 frwy
Landing zone on 3
3 grn with runoff going to 3 gold tee
4 on left, 3 on right
4 frwy
4 frwy bunker
4 grn’s complex
5 tee left, 4 grn right
5 frwy
5 frwy, notice continuous frwy cut from #2
5 frwy
5 grn’s complex
5 grn, notice the frwy cut encircles grn and runs right up onto 6 tee pad
Different angle of 5 grn and runoff onto 6 tee pad
6 grn
7 tee
7 frwy
7 left, 8 right
7 frwy
7 grn
7 grn
8 frwy
8 frwy bunkers
8 landing zones
8 grn’s complex
9 tees
9 frwy
9 landing zone
9 grn’s complex. Grn is encircles by large runoffs
10 blue and white tees
10 gold and red tees
10 frwy
10
10 grn
11 tees
11 frwy
11 grn’s complex
12
13 frwy
13 frwy bunker
13 – 2nd landing zone
13 – 3rd landing zone
13 grn foreground, 18 grn behind it
Different angle of 13 grn
14 frwy left, 18 right
14 frwy bunker
14 grn’s complex
14 grn

I skipped 15 since it was all sodded, nothing has changed

16 frwy
16 first landing zone. The brown stuff is all the fresh supplemental sprigs we added this wk.
16 landing zone
16 grn
17 tees
17 frwy with sprinklers running
17 frwy at turn. The brown is new sprigs put down this wk
17 just short of grn. Lots of new sprig’d area
18
18 frwy with some new sprigs
18 – 2nd landing zone
18 – 3rd landing zone
18 – last turn headed to grn
18 grn , 13 grn behind it

Day 165

1 tee
1
1 frwy looking at grn
1 frwy on right 2 grn left center
2 grn
Above blue tee on 3
3 left , 4 right
3 frwy
3 grn
3 grn
Run off back right of 3 grn. Still some grow-in to work on
4 left, 3 right
4 front frwy
4 frwy
4 frwy
4 grn
5
5 frwy
5 frwy looking at grn, 6 grn and range
5 grn left, see the false front?
6 grn
6 grn higher up
7 tees, staff fixing some sod on lake bank
7 frwy
7 frwy bunker
7
7 grn
7 grn from way up
8 left, 7 right
8 frwy
9 tees left, 8 grn right
9 frwy
9 grn
10, brown line is fresh sprigs around 13 grn
10 frwy
10 grn complex & 11 tee
11 tee
11 grn complex, brown stuff is fresh sprigs
12, sprig crew is in front of grn chop’n sprigs
12 grn, notice the feature front left?
13 gold tee still needs some work
13 frwy
13 frwy
13 grn I’m front, 18 grn behind it, 10 tees to right, 14 tees to left
14 tee left, 18 grn right
14 frwy left, 18 frwy right
14 & 18 frwys
14 grn
15 tees
15 grn
16
16 frwy
16 grn
17 tees
17 frwy, low angle
17 frwy high angle… still lots of work to do
17 grn
18 tee shot
18 frwy
18
18 last frwy bunker and 18 grn
18 grn
Range tee
Range target area
Putting grn

Here are some comparative pics so you can see how quickly things can change in a few weeks

Hole 3 & 4
Hole 5
13 / 18 grns
Hole 10
Hole 11
Hole 16