Fazio Course Update - August 15, 2024

 

Fazio Course

The GCM team has been working diligently on the Fazio Course during the closure and. All greens, tees, and fairways have been aerified, and are recovering nicely for the opening on Saturday, August 17th. The extended closure allowed the team time to fertilize and irrigate to expedite the transition recovery. Obviously, having a break from cart traffic removes another variable from the equation.

Sod has been installed in areas where full recovery was unlikely. Areas on 3, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16 have been grassed, along with select tees. Please play these areas as “Ground Under Repair”. They will be marked with white paint to define the GUR area.



You will still see thin areas in fairways, but these are expected to fully recover. We have at least 6 weeks of bermuda growing weather remaining. We will areas if we decide that recovery is unlikely. The golf course has come a long way since the initial transition, and it will continue to improve.

Range Tee

The range tee is progressing nicely. The front left and right corners are lagging due to those areas being heavily disturbed before grassing. We added drainage to the left side and leveled the right side. The sprigs have roots in those areas and will fill in. 


Dye Course

The Dye Course will be closed beginning Monday, August 19th and opening on August 31st. The aerification program will be like what was completed on the Fazio Course. We will also be performing a lot of irrigation maintenance to tighten up the irrigation system. A new control panel will be installed in the pumpstation to increase efficiency.




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