Hole 12

The twelfth hole is nearing completion. We have a small amount of sod to lay up by the green and it will be completed. The fairway bunkers are large and intimidating. The cross bunker short of the green should make your lay up shot a little more challenging. The greenside bunkers are almost nearly engulfed in bentgrass/fairway turf which will allow balls to easily roll into the bunkers. There is a large amount of new sod that has been installed on #12 throughout the hole. We will remain cart path only until the sod has had a chance to knit.

Surviving Irene

Hurricane Irene rolled into Northeastern PA dumping nearly 4 inches of rain to the golf course. As we surveyed the damage on Monday morning we saw what we expected. The old Bunker were completely washed out and had standing water in almost all the bunkers. A four man crew went out with two machines to repair the bunkers. They were able to push the sand up but the water removal still needs to be performed. As for the new bunkers we had two minor washouts on #7 and #8 that were repaired within minutes. Even after 4 inches of rain and hurricane like conditions the new bunkers performed beautifully and were completely free of water the next morning.

# 8 Completed

#7 Nearing Completion

The seventh hole is nearing completion. We have a little more bent grass sod to lay on Monday and Tuesday. We will begin stripping the sod and the existing bunkers on #4 on Monday.

Ready for Play

Mark Ross, Joseph Cimochowski, Carlon Preate, and James Haggerty were the first to play #5 with all areas open for play. Mark Ross was the first person to "offically" hit out of our new bunkers.

Aerification

Course aerification has begun this morning and should continue through Wednesday. We plan on aerifying all 27 greens and fairways today. We will be working on approaches and tees throughout the week.