Spring 2025, 4 tee and it's always great seeing our snow mold sprays working as planned.
The spring GCIP site visit.
The spring irrigation start up.
Our last cherry tree on the property and it is doing extremely well.
Sutton's Bay Plant Masters always rocks our planters!
Six weeks of sold out weekly camps!
Brat Fest 2025!
Year five of the Secret Garden and great work to Peg and Michelle Buday!
Our grounds staff summer party at the Pit Spitters game!
An early fall sunrise.
Our weed and milkweed free fescue on 15.
A great way to start the Perry Hannah August Invite.
The sun or the moon?
The "Sunday Bag" invite favor.
The day before the GCIP construction starts.
GCIP day 1, starting on the 11th green expansion.
It happens, but actually, not after an outing.
We had three families of deer this fall, two large bucks too.
My team always enjoys the artwork for special events.
11 green ready for greens mix.
17 green is also ready for greens mix.
Fall turf conditions.
Three green ready for greens mix.
The third green doubled in size, what a putting green!
The site visit to Kalamazoo Country Club picking out which greens our contractor will cut and ship to Traverse City!
Two green ready for greens mix. We had to add some mix so we could keep it mowed.
GCIP committee chair, Mike Meindertsma addresses the large crowd of members supporting the open ceremonies.
Thank you for the support!
The start of sodding the 3rd green and collar with Kalamazoo greens.
One more piece, the install crew started at 7:30 and finished sodding the third green at 4:30.
Mike inspecting the new irrigation heads on 3 green.
My team installed the Kalamazoo sod on our new nursery green. This sod will be used on our new 6th green next fall.
Cutting up the 11th green. The sod was stacked then installed two days later with the 17th green back on 11.
11 green being sodding.
Mike showing new pin locations on 11.
New tees on 2.
The first players on the new IV tee on 12.
A new club event, tour the course with the super! Lots of history shared with the group and we discussed the renovation process.
The new IV tee on 3.
The new I tee on four.
The GCIP committee also approved some "0" tees like this one on four. More of a tournament tee for GAM or PGA qualifiers and the back tee group.
A Christmas present, our last board approved capital purchase has arrived. This replaces our 1992 Toro Workman, it was a real work horse for decades!
Took this one the first week of December showing 3-6, 12 & 13.
My three boys, Evan 26, Elliott 20 and Luke 23.
Happy New Year to you all and I am really looking forward to 2026!
Steve Hammon
