Saturday, April 2, 2011
Ball Mark Repair
After writing about the bunkers in the previous post, I thought that I should also repost a video that I made last year on the proper way to repair a ball mark. The golf course is in fine shape right now and we will work very hard to have the golf course great all year for you. Please help us by maintaining the course during your round and letting everyone know that is playing with you or even in front and behind you in proper golf course maintenance. Also, please remember not to drive in the fescue and always follow the cart signs and stakes.
Thank you your help is appreciated
Neil
Bunkers
After driving the course this morning I have noticed many bunkers with the rakes not placed the proper way and bunkers not raked as shown in the photo. We spent countless hours this week edging and moving the sand. The front side greens and some fairway bunkers are as good as they can be right now. Please help us out by showing the new members the proper rake placement and how important it is to rake properly. The photo to the right is the proper rake placement that we use at HawksThank you
Changes
I made a few changes to the blog that I would like to explain to you
The side bar on the right side of the page has "follow by Email" section now. I thought this would be a good idea for those of you that do not have a twitter account. Every time there is a posting you will be notified by email instead of checking on the blog. If you have a twitter account you also get posting notifications.
Another pretty cool format that google has come up with is what they call "dynamic views" you will not be able to access any of the sidebar information that is posted but I have to admit a pretty cool way to read the blog. There are 5 different views that you can choose from and that can be access in a drop down menu at the top of the page.
Now the tricky part, what you have to do is add /views to the end of the url. I added the type of the view at the end of this link.
http://hawkslandinggreens.blogspot.com/view/flipcard
You will not be able to go back to the main blog when you are in the dynamic view page, just remove the /view from the url and then you will be able to go back to the old blog.
The side bar on the right side of the page has "follow by Email" section now. I thought this would be a good idea for those of you that do not have a twitter account. Every time there is a posting you will be notified by email instead of checking on the blog. If you have a twitter account you also get posting notifications.
Another pretty cool format that google has come up with is what they call "dynamic views" you will not be able to access any of the sidebar information that is posted but I have to admit a pretty cool way to read the blog. There are 5 different views that you can choose from and that can be access in a drop down menu at the top of the page.
Now the tricky part, what you have to do is add /views to the end of the url. I added the type of the view at the end of this link.
http://hawkslandinggreens.blogspot.com/view/flipcard
You will not be able to go back to the main blog when you are in the dynamic view page, just remove the /view from the url and then you will be able to go back to the old blog.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Course update
Today, We are going to open the back nine with carts on the paths only. We will allow the carts to go off the paths on the front nine.
What a week we have had. The weather has not been very good but we took advantage of that by getting a lot of detail work done on the golf course. We are edging the greens bunkers and also making sure the sand is the correct depths. This week we completed all the greens bunkers on the front nine as well as 14-18. We have been working on removing all the saplings that were growing in the creeks and along the banks for the most part with the exceptions of the left side of the pond on 17 has been completed. The creek and banks look so much better. All the newly planted trees in the rough have been edge and some fresh mulch added. We are also working on repairing the split rail fence at the bag drop area. This repair is long overdo. Yesterday was the first rolling on the greens and tees. I have decided to wait until Monday to mow the greens. We will be rolling the greens and tees one more time before mowing. We also mowed 15-18 fairways to test out the fairway mowers and quality of cut. The fairways look great and we will finish mowing by Monday next week.
What a week we have had. The weather has not been very good but we took advantage of that by getting a lot of detail work done on the golf course. We are edging the greens bunkers and also making sure the sand is the correct depths. This week we completed all the greens bunkers on the front nine as well as 14-18. We have been working on removing all the saplings that were growing in the creeks and along the banks for the most part with the exceptions of the left side of the pond on 17 has been completed. The creek and banks look so much better. All the newly planted trees in the rough have been edge and some fresh mulch added. We are also working on repairing the split rail fence at the bag drop area. This repair is long overdo. Yesterday was the first rolling on the greens and tees. I have decided to wait until Monday to mow the greens. We will be rolling the greens and tees one more time before mowing. We also mowed 15-18 fairways to test out the fairway mowers and quality of cut. The fairways look great and we will finish mowing by Monday next week.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Opening Day
We are planning on opening the front nine on Wednesday the 30th at 12:00. At this time we will have cart path only or walking. The golf course restrooms will not be in service. As far as the back, I would hope that it will be open by Saturday weather permitting.
The golf course is in fine shape with very little winter damage. The construction work on 17 is still not completed we have to backfill the front of the wall with soil. We have the area ready but the the area needs some time to dry out before we can finish the work.
I look forward to seeing you very soon
The golf course is in fine shape with very little winter damage. The construction work on 17 is still not completed we have to backfill the front of the wall with soil. We have the area ready but the the area needs some time to dry out before we can finish the work.
I look forward to seeing you very soon
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