Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday and shared time with your families. I have posted a picture out onto my parents back deck at their home in Ohio. My family and I came up here for Christmas. I know it is cold in Texas right now but just remember it could always be worse. We are expecting around a foot of snow here today! So stay warm and enjoy time with those you love. I will be posting about golf course events on my return.

# 7 Fan Relocation

For those of you who have played this chilly morning week, you may have noticed the disappearance of the fan on number seven green.  We have taken the fan and posts down for a couple reasons.  First, we needed to do a yearly preventative maintenance on the the mechanics of the equipment.  We are also moving the fan to a better spot which should help the health of that green.  The fan is being moved directly behind the green.  You can see in the bottom two pictures a view looking back at the green where it will be placed.  This spot should get the much needed airflow on the areas which are under the most amount of environmental stresses.  Those stresses include high traffic, to much shade, and tree root competition.  The fan is also being positioned in a due south direction.  This is likely where it should have been placed originally, since our prevailing winds through the summer come out of the southerly directions. The idea behind having a fan is to place it in the same direction the wind blows to help accentuate the flow.  You can also see the drilling out of the hole with the auger-rock bit in the pictures below.  The support for the fan must be placed 31/2' below the surface. We will trench the conduit line next week and have the infrastructure completed by the beginning of next week.

#16 Tree Trimmed

One our newest team members and certified arborist, Shannon Slivinske, climbed into the tree to properly prune some of the new growth at the top of the tree in front of #16 green.  She reduced the canopy by 5 to 10 feet at the top to help allow your approach shots a little more accessibility to the green complex.  As you can see from the picture below Shannon actually had to climb into the tree, with proper safety harnesses, to make the appropriate cuts.  Next time you see Shannon please thank her for her hard work.