May-June Newsletter

FROM THE GREEN TOM NELSON

We are thrilled to announce that the third phase of the Golf Course Improvement Plan has been successfully completed! After 2 years of making changes and improvements to the course, it was time to focus on our practice facilities.

practice balls within the footprint of the range. Upon clearing the area of trees and brush, it became evident that this was long overdue. We uncovered literally thousands of practice balls that had been lost over the net or into thick vegetation. There wasn’t much we could to with the back left corner of the range from a grading standpoint, however we cleared the brush and planted grass seed. This will allow for a much simpler process of retrieving balls a few times each season. In addition to extending the length of the range, we incorporated nine new catch basins to help manage the rain water. Previously, there were no drains to handle the surface water which led to excessively wet conditions for a prolonged period following rain events.

PRACTICE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

The Practice Range was first on the agenda. The acquisition of the 1785 House gave us the opportunity to extend the length of the range by roughly 25 yards and move the net up the hill by nearly 20’ in elevation. The added length, increase in elevation and taller net have dramatically improved the ability to contain 28 FROM THE GREEN // MAY & JUNE 2025