UPCOMING GOLF EVENTS
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• April 2 LGA Starts
• April 11 Master ’ s Par 3 Tournament
• April 22 & 23 Course Closed for Aerification
• April 25 Our 1st 9 & Dine of the season
• May 23 9 & Dine
• May 30 Armed Forces Challenge benefiting Hampton Roads USO
• June 28-30 Member-Member / Guest
GREEN UPDATES
NEW MEMBERS OR EXISTING MEMBERS :
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ZEKE MARSHALL , GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT
Winter maintenance is winding down here on the golf course . This winter has still been busy even with the cold and rain . We started cutting down the ravines and wetland . We normally conduct this on frosty mornings until it was time to set up the course for daily play . This continued until the beginning of February . We then moved on to tree removal on hole # 4 . We cut down the trees to the left side of the fairway to open the green to allow more sunlight and air movement to help the green through the summertime . There was also tree removal along cart paths to keep them from encroaching on the cart path . With the tree removal we also pruned up all the pine trees around the course and chipped up all the cuttings to mulch beds around the course . We rented a stump grinder to remove the stumps from trees we cut down and trees that have been taken out in the past . With all the rain this winter we found an issue on 15 tees with a backed-up drain . This caused the cart path to be flooded and needed to be pumped out each time it rained . To correct the problem , the blockage had to be dug up and replaced with a new pipe . Bunkers are a high priority but took a while to get to them . Sand was hauled to the bunkers that needed sand with still a few more to go . Then edging was done to clean them up . Lastly the walkways to # 13 green were starting to fall apart from erosion . To correct the problem , we replaced the brick pavers and lined both sides with the boards that were taken from the bridge repairs .
Now that wintertime projects are being completed it is time to start looking forward to spring . We will be aerifying greens on April 22 and 23 weather dependent .
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