Hole 3 Planting

As per the recent Greens Flash, hole 3 has been completed from a bunker building and sodding standpoint. In the last two days we have completed a planting the will screen out the pumphouse and Port Washington Boulevard. The planting consists of an assortment of Green giant arborvitaes, Alleghany viburnum's, and Knockout roses. They arborvitaes and viburnum's will provide year round screening as they retain their foliage.  Additionally the viburnum and roses will put out an assortment of white and reddish/pink flowers in the late spring and early summer. Below our photos of the planting and what the plants will look like as they mature. 

A combination of hard and sheep fescue will be seeded amongst these plantings to create a naturalized look. The new cart path will be installed in the next week.  Once again, if your ball lands in the sodded area please pick it up and move it back out into the fairway.

Washout on hole 11

As you can see in the posted picture, yesterday's 1.2" of rain came down pretty heavy at times. A newly sodded area between holes 10/11 bore the brunt of the damage. The area will be fixed within the next day.
The heavy rain combined with a 7" snow melt in the last 4 days has left ground conditions extremely soft and saturated. The cold weather coming tomorrow and Friday will cause some freezing and thawing in spots leaving the turf vulnerable to damage if not treated properly.
We are doing everything we can to prep the greens for opening this weekend and for allowing carts- the next three days will be pivotal in allowing for the proper drainage and drying out on the course.

A glimpse at the new bunkers on hole 3 pre snow and rain

Sod was installed around the bunker prior to sand being added to prevent soil contamination on the drain lines 

                            

Sand was then added to a 6" depth and compacted to a depth of 4"