I cheered when Rich Mori showed up in the lunchroom at our 7 am daily meeting yesterday because I knew I would be spared Drill and Fill tender duty on 11 green. Richard almost singlehandedly loaded almost 3 tones of sand into the machines hoppers for injecting into the green as well as ensuring any partially fill holes were topped up. The day earlier I was the sand tender on 9 green and I can tell you it wasn't easy work.
On 9&11 so far we have been using a larger 1" drill bit instead of the 3/4" drill bit we used on 3,4,5,7.
The pro of the bigger bit is more volume of extraction, the con - the procedure is slower and uses more sand, due to the slower operation the hole we are working on may likely be a temporary until 1PM at the earliest. We intend on drilling 8 today and depending on how we feel about the cleanup and playability of the 1" hole we will decide which green to do the next day, and with what size drill bit. Tuesday,we completed the drill And fill operation on 11 green by 5:30PM, the rainy weather postponed the work until about 11AM, whereupon the skies cleared and the procedure was underway after a 3.5 hour delay.
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| Cleanup of old root zone on 11 green, rolling to follow. |
Our fall volunteer program is still ongoing, Rich, John Campbell, Gary Moores, and D''Arcy McLeod have ben helping work towards helping us complete our various fall projects. If you are interested in helping us with some aspect of work on the course or around the facilities show up roughly around 7:10 -7:30AM at the Turfcare Department or if another time suits you email or contact us. We would be happy to put you to work. Have a great day.
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