Hurricane Irene Damage Tree Work

We have started our winter tree work. Our first priority is to focus on removing any remaining damaged trees from Hurricane Irene. Fortunately for us these damaged trees are concentrated on two areas of the course. #2 fairway and #10 fairway have the most damaged trees. While these are not in play for most shots I still feel it is important to give them the attention they deserve.

As seen in the picture below there is a cherry that has been damaged. These trees are going to be the focus of this work.

#8 Cart Path Update

I would like to give an update on where we stand with the new cart path on #8. All old cart path has been removed and the new path has been cut. We have installed the road base and will allow this to settle for roughly 3 - 4 weeks until there has been adequate compaction and is ready for the installation of the road material.



We are trying something new with this project, in the past we have had the edge of remaining asphalt crumble as it ties into the new stone path material. This year we are re-purposing the Belgian block that we have accumulated and are installing an apron in this transition area. I am hopeful that this will provide a stronger transition from one surface to the next.

Winter Work - Course Accessories

As part of our winter work and preperation for the 2012 season we annually go through all the course accessories and repaint and sand flagsticks. This couple days of sanding and painting saves us quite a bit of money. Below is a picture of one of our assistants Ryan Riegert hard at work on this project.  

Our fine feathered friend

With little snow cover this winter, our goose population has returned. We are still using Long Island Goose Patrol to help us remove the creatures from the golf course. They are coming to disturb them twice a day and have been quite successful. with the use of their boarder collie we should have quite a bit less to clean up from our feathered friends.

Winter Work - #8 Cart Path

We have started removing the cart turn around near #8 tee complex this week. After the removal of the asphalt and underlying road base we can fill the void left by the old cart path with old aeration plugs from our fall fairway aeration. This is a less expensive alternative to purhcasing new soil for this part of the project. After any nessassary grading is completed we will then apply erosion control to the sloped areas and will sod as soon as the farms are cutting sod in Early March.