Greens Aerification Video

I edited together some videos of the aerification process.

Pond Dredging on Hole #5

The upper end of the pond on #5 has been slowly filling with sediment from silt contamination that has washed down the stream and into our pond.  This is a slow process but it has really come to the surface in the last number of years.  The pictures below illustrate the problem and what we did to remove the silt.

Pictures from 2014

Even a small stream like this can carry tons of silt.

A closer view of the silt washing in after a rainstorm.

Cumulative effects in our miniature "Delta" region. 

Look at the silt flowing out.

Over the next couple years this area becomes very shallow.

Pictures from 2017

The pond has been drained to start the project.

This end had become completely contaminated and was no longer part of the pond.

A view of the rest of the pond.

The muddy work has begun.

The excavator is sitting on a platform to keep from sinking.

He moved these platform sections all around the pond to do the work.

Concrete was placed in many sections of the spillway to reinforce.

Getting close to finishing.

Deep in the mud,.

Pits were dug to hold the silt and let it dry.  Once these pits dry out they will be covered up.

A look a the new upper section of the pond.

Loading up the platforms at the end of the job.

Video from the pond dredging on Hole #5

Bunker renovations on #6

The bunker in front of the green on hole #6 has been redesigned.  We took away the steep slope of sand and shaved off the top of the mound so the green can be visible from inside the bunker and the approach.  I think everyone will enjoy the changes we have made to this bunker.

Digging into the slope revealed mostly sand.

We brought in 10 workman loads of topsoil to rebuild the slope.

The new slope is much less severe with gentle contours.

The top of the slope is much flatter providing a clearer view of the front of the green.

Rough sod is being replaced and stapled in place.

The new edge is cut into the bunker.

A view from the opposite side.

We reused all the original sand.

The end result.