The Project at GBGC Update #15

I think it goes without saying that ideally the kind of work we are doing on the golf course currently would best be done when we are closed. Thanks to everyone who has had to endure various hole closures, bare dirt & new sod in our green surrounds the past couple of weeks. We hope to be bringing the sodding portion of this project to a close by the beginning of next week which will at least have all of the bare dirt covered. There will still be some culturing to get the new hybrid playable, but at least the ground will be covered. 

Current schedule is to be sodding hole #'s 12,11,15,2,4 & 8 sodded by the end of the week. We will  be installing sod on Saturday 8/17/19 so there will be an additional hole closed, most likely #8, on that day.

Below are some progress pictures and the message we sent to the golf shop for the AM e-mail this morning, Tuesday 8/13/19.

Hole # 17 closed. #12 & #11 Closed AM.  #15 Closed PM 

#'s 4,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,  are stripped and have a drop area in front of the green. #'s 1,9,12,18 have been re-sodded and are GUR. Please use Drop area's.

No delay.

Carts scatter.

Summer rules.

A better batch of sod installed on #12 surround  Monday 8/12/19.

Restored bunker edge of front right hand green side bunker on #12. 

Restored bunker edges and freshly sodded surround #18 green. This batch of sod was younger and more tender.

Same bunker as above picture with freshly sodded Santa Anna Hybrid Bermuda. The hybrid bermuda will root down
and fill in rapidly but in the short term we need to stay off and play the entire newly sodded area as GUR.

Back edge of the right hand green side bunker on #11.There is always something that comes up with construction
 and in our case on the 2019 phase of  our turf conversion it is restoration of our bunker edges to their original shape. This is an example of how far down the original grade is on many areas of our sand traps. This supplemental sprinkler was added  after original  installation and likely raised multiple times as the turf around it raised as sand gravitated and shifted downward distorting original bunker edges.

Santa Anna sod installed on Tuesday 8/6/19 rooting down two days later on Thursday 8/8/19.

The Project at GBGC Update #14

The sod installation crew finished installing sod on #17 this AM and completed installing sod around #18 green surround as well. It will be harder to predict timing installation around the greens as pace depends on many factors first and foremost being the amount of detail and irregular areas particularly associated with our bunkers. So the hole closure information we send to the golf shop will be more of a moving target then when predicting the stripping process.

Additionally we are going to play  the newly sodded areas around the surrounds and bunkers as GUR for a short period of time while the sod roots into the soil so we ask players to play from the drop zone in front of the green. Its alright to walk on the sod, but walk gingerly to retrieve your ball. Bunkers in newly sodded areas will remain GUR as well to protect the new sod on the slopes of the bunkers. Please do not try to exit the bunkers after retrieving you ball from any steep face or the front of the bunker. Below is the information sent to the golf shop this AM for email distribution along with some pictures of yesterdays progress.

Holes #'s 17& #9 closed  early. #'s 17 & #1 will be closed  after sod install finishes #9. Newly sodded surrounds including bunkers are GUR. Use drop area in front of green.

No delay 

Carts scatter

Summer rules

We are fine tuning bunker edges and restoring back down to original configuration prior to new sod.
Please take caution walking on the new tender sod when retrieving golf balls.
Bunkers and new sod around the greens are GUR until further notice.

New sod around green on #18.

Installing around upper bunker on #18

Intricate areas make for allot of handwork when installing sod on #18.

The Project at GBGC Update #13

Progress continued yesterday Wednesday 8/7/19 and below are some pictures of the yesterdays work. Stripping contractor will be done with their part today and sod installation will continue with the completion of #12 and getting started on sod installation on surrounds starting with #18 surround then moving over to the surround on #9 and around Tilley's putting green. Below is the message we sent to the golf shop on hole closures for the day.

Holes #'s 17-18 & closed  AM. #'s 17 & 9 will be closed  in the PM. 

#'s 1,2,4,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18  are stripped and have a drop area in front of the green.

No delay 

Carts scatter

Summer rules

Sod install almost done on #17 FW

New sod on the restored bunker edges on #17

Stripping #12, the last surround to be stripped yesterday 8/7/19

The Project at GBGC Update #12

Sod arrived today 7 days after the 2019 phase of "the Project got started. 38,400 sq.ft,  almost a acre of Santa Anna Hybrid Bermuda was installed on our #17 fairway. The contractor who is stripping and preparing the surrounds  is almost finished with that process. By the end of next week we will be very close to having all of the stripped dirt on the course covered with new sod, just over two weeks after we got started.

Below are some pictures of todays sod install and the hole closures for tomorrow which we send to the golf shop for the AM email blast.

Holes #'s 17-18 & 11 closed  AM. #'s 17, 2 & 12 will be closed  in the PM. 

#'s 1,4,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,18  are stripped and have a drop area in front of the green.

No delay 

Carts scatter

Summer rules

Sod Arrives

It does not take these guys long to get the sod on the ground.

Installation of the big rolls

Pulling the seams together.

Getting it wet, really wet.

Close to a acre of sod down. 

The Project at GBGC Update #11

Tomorrow Tuesday 8/6/19 is another milestone day on The Project as sod installation begins on the #17 fairway. While the sod contractor and their crew install the sod we will be supporting the removal contractor as they finish up preparation of the final 5 holes. Today Monday 8/5/19 we completed preparation on #9 and sod around Tilleys as well as stripping sod from #8  green surround. So tomorrow AM we will have #'s 17 & 18 closed again to facilitate big roll sod installation on #17 as well as #1 in the AM for preparation work. In the PM we will have #'s 17 & 18 as well as #11 for afternoon preparation. Below are some more pictures.

Pulverizer fluff up the rootzone fairly well.

Compacting the pulverized soil after rough grading and head leveling

#17 fairway looking backwards almost ready for sod

#9 & Tilleys surround. Tilleys putting green will be closed until new sod is installed

The Project at GBGC Update #10

Progress will continue through the weekend of 8/3-4/19 as we get ready for sod installation to start on Tuesday 8/6/19. Our plan for the weekend is still the same as previously mentioned. Hole's #17 & #10 will be closed Saturday and hole's #17 & #15 will be closed Sunday to prepare for new sod installation. #17 will be closed until we determine it is fully ready to open. Below are some recent progress pictures.

Continued floating after some water was applied last night.

GBGC maintenance staff leveling heads on #17 Fairway

Working on #10 today, Saturday 8/3/19

Back of #14 stripped and ready for sod

#18 stripped and awaiting sod installation

#17 preparation view from afar

The Project at GBGC Update #9

Productivity continued on day three with our contractor working here at Granite Bay and was highlighted by pulverization of  #17 fairway. Below are a several pictures of the process.

Asphalt Grinder showing up for the first time at GBGC to pulverize #17 fairway.
At first sight this machine was admittedly a little intimidating.

Grinder  pulverizing  #17 fairway

Profile of the 50/50 mix if 3-4 inches of sand into 3-4 inches of native soil.

Working around a irrigation head.

The actual pulverizing head

Contractor starting the initial rough grade of #17 fairway.

Weekend Schedule.

Our plan is to finish stripping #14 & #13 today and sod cut #10 for work on Saturday. So on Saturday #17 & #10 will be closed. On Sunday we will be working on #15 so #17 and #15 will be closed. Surrounds on 13, 14, 16 & 18 will be open with drop areas in the approach in front of the green on Saturday. And Surrounds on 10,13, 14, 16 & 18 will be open with drop areas in the approach in front of the green on Sunday barring any setbacks.