Project #2 for 2015

After a bit of a slow down things have once again ramped up here at Wolf Creek. The weather has been unbelievably great over the past couple of days and the grass and "To Do List" are starting to think it is Spring already. As I mentioned in my last blog post a week or so ago we are starting another very beneficial project here at Wolf. Mid-America Golf is on site starting construction on the practice putting green in front of the clubhouse. Our plan is to double the size and make it as flat as possible to maximize the amount of space to use. Tom Watson has once again stepped in and is lending his design expertise to us, which I am very grateful for. The construction process should take about 2-3 weeks and then we hope to be seeding the green as soon as possible. During this time we are asking everyone to use the three practice greens behind the clubhouse and the chipping green as a putting green. Please do not use #9 as we will cause excessive wear on that green and interfere with play that is on the course. I have attached a few pictures below showing the putting green project. Just like I did on #5 I plan to keep updates on this blog regularly as the process progresses. Speaking of #5 we are planning on installing the sod on Thursday of this week. We are doing our final grading now and hope to have it completed tomorrow. Also today we mowed our greens for the first time. All went well and they should start to green up slowly and really start to grow with the warmer weather. Cart traffic in the fairways is always an issue this time of year as the ground is freezes over night and then thaws out during the day. We are trying to regulate and allow as much cart traffic as we can. However there are some holes that are just to damp and wet and the carts are causing some tracking issues. This is causing us to have to do some regulation of allowing carts onto the fairways. I apologize for the inconvenience and want you to know that we are checking the fairways regularly and will allow carts in the fairway as soon as possible on some of these holes. I have attached a picture I took this morning showing the cart tracks in the fairways. Have a great week and I will update the blog throughout the construction process.