Glen Echo Country Club Golf Course Management: Day 5, Bunker Renovation Project #16 IS FINISHED!!

Day 5 brought the fear of some rain but none materialized. The staff finished off the right bunker on #16 and tackled the left bunker for the rest of the day and Skip led a crew at the same time removing sand and sod from around the two left hand bunkers on #18. Kye made great progress on #9 and expects to be near completion on his part of the work Saturday. Our regular staff is doing their regular weekend duties and will be going home to a well deserved rest until Monday. I still have sod the outlet drain line from the left hand bunker across 16 fairway today and a short run on #16 right hand outlet drain but everything is complete.

Remember, all new sodded and bunker areas are ground under repair until we take down the ropes and stakes. The sod needs some time to root and the soil needs some time to become firm I would expect the holes will be opened about 3 weeks after they are completed depending up our weather situation and how the ground has firmed up around the bunkers. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Rain is in the forecast next week over three days so get out and do your no rain dances for us!

Kye will begin on #18 Tuesday due to an outing taking place on Monday. Our staff will be working on #9 laying a tractor trailer load of sod on Monday with more to come on Tuesday after installing the bunkers. I would expect our work to take about 2-2 1/2 days for #9. Kye added a third bunker to #9 which he flet would help the hole look a little more balanced than just two bunkers across the back. The green has been reduced down until next fall when we will add about 10-15' toward the lake from the right corner across the front and tie into the left front corner. This will give us a middle front hole location and will also bring the right front hole location closer to the water.

As some of you might have seen over the last couple of days, we have a large number of people working within and around a bunker at one time. Their is a lot of digging, shoveling and more shoveling, sod laying and other back breaking work that occurs during this process. As Kye begins to move out ahead of us and our staff becomes more experienced in their work and we figure out additional ways to be efficient, you will see small groups working different jobs. Yesterday, we had three different crews in three different bunkers. Our staff also increases by mid-day as a few of our regular guys come off the golf course after completing their work to keep the course in good shape for you and your guests. Our pace is good right now. Work is near target and I think 16 looks outstanding.