Tuesday, August 26, the first cutting of the collar on 11 for the greens expansion.
Coring out and hauling away the subgrade on 11. We will be adding 10 inches of our greens mix to the expanded areas.
Here is an US Government aerial photo from 1949 showing the original size and shape of 11 and 16 green.
Day 1 by 4:00 on 11 Green.
Newly shaped greenside bunker on 11.
17 green in 1953 with 10 green to the left and 18 tee in the background.
17 green ready for greens mix to be added.
I know some soil scientists that would love this photo! Rob Britton, the superintendent before me was topdressing greens with sand for 9 years, then add my 28 years of topdressing and this is our greens mix profile.
Wednesday 5:00 pm removing the approach and collar.
Three green from the 1949 aerial.
Number 3 approach, green & collar expansion just like 11 and 17.
Wednesday, still day 2 of the project and they are already moving the removed collar on 17 green out to a fairway and approach expansion on the right just before the bunker.
Same area as the above photo, but looking the other way at the fairway and approach expansion on 17.
Up next, 2 and 10 green expansions.
