Almost a full week without rain

 

It has cooled back down again and it looks like March really isn't going to keep with the warm trend that February carried. This picture is from April 12th, 2022, so we are about a month away from getting the bermuda to wake up!

Our project on 16 approach is finally complete. Our last load of capillary concrete was laid down Tuesday and the bunker was filled with sand on Wednesday. 

All the new sod on the approach as been tarped in order to survive the cold coming the next few days.

We were finally able to get the excavator over to 5 Sabot this week to check on the recirculation pump for the stream. The pump screen was very clogged and the bottom part of the screen was damaged.

The screen was cleaned and repaired and then we added a 45 degree fitting to prop the screen up out of the muck a bit. The stream is back to flowing strong and looks great.

The Manakin crew continued on with drainage this week on both 13 and 17 fairways. It is nice to finally have some sun and wind to dry things out around us as more pipe, gravel and sand go in the ground. More work will be done on 17 next week.

The drainage spoils from 13 were carried right over to 12 in order to expand that tee forward. Joe and his team lifted the sod, raised up the area and then sodded the tee back over. Teeing area just about doubled here for the season.

Back on the Sabot all the mainline crossings have been filled and patched over.

The irrigation crew is pulling in the final lateral lines on 10 fairway. Hopefully the rain holds off a bit on Friday and Saturday so that all that will be left in the next few weeks is detail work and clean up. Check out that green south facing Vamont that hasn't had any cart traffic all winter!