After moving earth for the past 4 days, today was a day where we could visualize the final layout of the new green on 18. Soil was moved from the transition area in the middle to the crown of the bunker face to raise and contour the area so that water drains to either side of the bunker, not into it. Oliphant's main shaper worked on fine tuning the middle of the green further to its final grade as well.
The transition from puttable green, to false front, to approach was completed today also. Sod was laid back down onto the new approach and rough surrounds from the front to the middle of the green, after fertilizer and other soil amendments were added.
Words cannot express how happy Greg and I are with the crew that is completing this renovation. They are highly experienced, efficient, and dedicated to their craft and we are lucky to have them here at Elcona. Hats off to Cam and his crew.
If the weather holds together, tomorrow will be full of sod replacement and fine tuning a couple of transition areas mainly where collar and rough surrounds meet. Once all of the higher mowed turf is laid, greens sod will be replaced. We will have as many guys as we can efficiently have complete the job, and the goal is to be complete. Enjoy the pictures, and let's hope that the heavy rains stay away another day!
Ryan
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| Cam marking final transit measurements |
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| Work on approach to green transition |
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| Work on bunker face slope |
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| Approach sod being placed while Greg scopes the final grade |
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| Javier shaping the front of the green one more time |
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| Completed approach. You can see where the false front will be. |
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| Green after Day 5. Starting to really come together! |
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