Open Golf Course Inspection items as of 23 June 2009

Golf Committee:

The maintenance staff needs a larger time window to allow spring plugging of the entire golf course. Maintenance needs a 3 week window to allow plugging of the greens, tees and fairways. Because of conflicting golf tournament schedule the maintenance staff was only able to plug 3 of the 9 fairways. There needs to be a better working partnership between Golf Maintenance and Pro Shop golf scheduling.

Estimated Completion: The Golf Committee should be the arbitrator in finding a solution. Waiting Greens Committee action

Holes 11, 12, 15: To improve playability and to conform to the golf master plan recommend removing the following bunkers. Hole 11, remove the right rear bunker; Hole 12, remove fairway bunker on the left side of the fairway and replace with a mounded grass area; Hole 15, remove the fairway bunker on the right side of fairway replacing with a mounded grass area.

Estimated Completion: Golf Committee requested Ken Wolford provide cost to correct. The golf committee then will make a decision.  Cost is $2000 for seeded and $2800 for sod. Waiting Greens Committee action

Type of bunker sand used.  The players have been asking the inspection team why the sand at LWW is so fine.  We would suggest a test program be implemented where different types of sand are added to separate bunkers and let the golfers decide.

Estimated Completion: Golf Committee requested Ken Wolford provide cost for a test program. The golf committee then will make a decision. Cost $400. Waiting Greens Committee action

Practice Area: The reason for the low rating was the synthetic green area above the practice sand trap. This area in compacted with sand and mold. Recommend that Ken Wolford and Jim Knight formulate a plan for correction.

Estimated Completion: Golf Committee requested Ken Wolford provide a cost for correction. He golf committee will then made a decision.  Oct 2009

Fairway/Rough:  

Hole 2:  Bare area left of cart path near hazard.

Estimated Completion: Oct 2009

Hole 4:  Numerous bare areas to the left of cart path, starting approximately 100 yards from the tee where the cart path curb ends, and extends 250 ft.

Estimated Completion:  Oct 2009

Hole 5:  Wet area in rough just past the small pine tree on the right approximately 250 yards from the green.  It may be a water line leak.

 Estimated Completion: Oct 2009

Hole 6:  Wet area in rough near the right green side bunker, between the bunker and cart path. Estimated Completion: Oct 2009

Hole 8:  Bare area between the cart path and green.

Estimated Completion:  Oct 2009

 

Hole 11: The sculpted area of the fairway that leads to the green, 40 yards in front of the green, needs to change so that the fairway points not just to the red tee but all tees. This can be accomplished by widening fairway area by 5 yards.

Estimated Completion:  Sep 2009…end of hot weather

Hole13:  The left side of the fairway needs to be sculpted to follow the contour of the new cart path.

 Estimated Completion: Sep 2009…end of hot weather

Hole 13:  The turf grass to the right of the cart path is very poor. The worst area is located where the old cart path was once located. This area should be marked ground under repair until corrected.

Estimated Completion: Sep 2009

Hole 15:  There was a pine tree removed, 50 yards from the black tee, but the stump still needs to be removed.

Estimated Completion: No date set. Once there are addition stumps to be removed we can schedule a contractor. Not cost effective to do one at a time. Issue will stay active until completion.

Hole 15: Cart path damage, four sections, 265 yards from the green.

Cart path on hole 15 needs repaired. The 90 feet of cart path from Lake Wildwood Drive to the 15 tee needs replaced.

Estimated Completion: The first cart path area to be repaired will be 90 feet of cart path from Lake Wildwood Drive to 15 tee. This area will address money is available.

Estimated Completion: Sep 2009 Volunteer Group will repair path

Holes 10 - 18: There are numerous bare spots and damaged turf areas adjacent to the carts paths. The majority of the damage was caused from golf carts, maintenance and security vehicles. This will always be a problem with narrow cart paths. That should not prevent having a maintenance program to correct damages.

Estimated Completion:  Nov 2009. Plan is to add river rock

Tees: 

Tee 11 and 16(Red):  Requires a sand container to repair divots.

Estimated Completion: Containers on order

 

Tee 4 (White):  Turf density was very poor.  This tee has a history of poor condition. There needs to be a permanent fix to a longstanding problem.

Estimated Completion:  PAD is currently being written to modify tee. 1 July 2009

Tee 6 (White): There is a depression in the middle front of the tee adjacent to the white yardage marker.  

Estimated Completion:  Oct 2009

Greens:

Green 8. Over the last few years the right side of the green surface area has been considerably reduced and patched with varied types of grasses.  This has led to a smaller and more oval green.  If there is a problem with the right side that can’t be rectified we would recommend expanding the green on the left side and left rear of the green.   The larger green area would provide additional pin placement areas and reduce wear.

Estimated Completion….. 1 July 2009

 

Inspection Team:

Gary Turzak,  Raymond Lamberton-James, Mike Byrne

 

 

 

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