FROM THE CLUB PRESIDENT DOC HOLLIDAY
EXCITING UPDATES ALL AROUND TONTO VERDE This is the third in a series of updates on the club's summer projects. A slide show video is included at the end of this summary. BLEC SAND INJECTION PROJECT
RANCH 18 The new fairway bunkers on Ranch 18 are complete and looking great. The new grass has grown in and looks lush! From the teeing areas, the fairway appears to be VERY WIDE but still offers a penalty for wayward tee shots (as it should be on a closing hole). RANCH GREENS All the Ranch greens are growing and have been mowed. They are being fertilized weekly and have received the first micro-tinning (punching). They will be micro-verti-cut later this month. They are looking great. SOUTH PRACTICE TEE The South practice tee expansion is complete, and it looks great, as if it had always been there! CART PATH ROUGHS All the cart path roughs have been Shock-Waved and sanded, and the rough edges have all been repaired and resodded.
We have almost gone through the 1,700 tons or 3,400,000 pounds of sand this summer. Most of this sand has been used to continue to build on the 4”-6” sand base created several years ago with the Blec Sand Injection Project (we now have a much deeper base than above everywhere). This sand base allows the salt contained in our water (very heavy amounts) to be wicked away from the Bermuda root system and thus allows it to be healthy and lush. The fairways on the Ranch are spectacular this year (Ranch started with a newer strain of Bermuda that did not exist when Peaks was built less stringy). The overseed process (barring severe weather) will be great. NEW SAND IN THE BUNKERS Ranch fairway bunkers have had all repairs done and the new sand installed. The greenside bunkers will have the new sand installed later this month.
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