Friday, September 28, 2012

Front nine bunkers completion


 Right fairway bunker on #9 being sodded after modification of slope.
 Stripping sod off of fairway bunker on # 11 prior to excavation of bunker.




Wednesday, September 26, 2012

 Enlarging #1 green in the back left corner.
 Jack a five month old Gordon Setter, a new addition to Barton geese control!
 Tyler happy after hitting another sprinkler head.
 Bunker left side of #5 from behind the green.
 #3 green being mowed for the first time since sodding.
 #1 green enlargement nearly complete.
 #12 Greenside bunkers taking shape.
 # 8 from the valley, banks will be softened after review by Architect Ron Prichard.
#6 right green side bunker after sod installation today(Wed.).

Saturday, September 22, 2012

 Sod striped on #8, left green side bunker being shaped.
 #8 left green side bunker.
 Tyler trenching drainage into rough from #7 fairway bunker. Drainage always reminds me of my Grandmother, who would always say,  " you never want to grow up to be a ditch digger"!
 Drainage being installed on #7 fairway bunker.
 Sting ray?   
 #8 from the tee will be well guarded!
 Construction committee members Dede Owen, Chris Coffman and Kirk Dodge out for weekly meeting and inspection.
 First left fairway bunker on #9 being modified.
 Defining bunker edges on left approach bunker on #8.
Troy supervising Mitch attaching tow strap to dead golf cart on #4.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Update and misting bunker face sprinklers

 Misting heads installed by BHCC staff.
Rotating mister heads on # 2 green.
Bunkers on #5 being shaped.
Left bunker being shaped #5 green.
Completed bunker and swale behind #1 green.
#6 Approach bunker ready for sand.
View from behind #1 green.
#7 Fairway bunker roughed in.
#7 Fairway bunker up close.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Completion of green modifications on #9 and 12

 Tyler Rae putting the finishing touches on the infamous "top-hat" on # 9 green.
 Tyler and Keith in deep discussion standing over the top-hat in #9 green.
 Bunker being excavated behind #7 green, notice the tree roots invading the green surface.
 Sodding #9 green after modifications by Ron Prichard.
 Sodding #12 green after installing a 10" lift to the back of the green and recontouring the surface.
 Mister sprinklers installed by BHCC staff to water Fescue bunker face on #2
 Bunker and swale being excavated behind #1 green.
#5 green striped of bunkers and sand.

Friday, September 14, 2012

It's my twin brother Jim's birthday, Happy birthday womb-mate!


Bunker faces sodded, rolls of sod harversted from #4 fairway used to modify fairway line.
Tyle Rae and Ron Prichard discussing bunker on #1 left Approach.
Finished Approach bunker on #6 without sand.
Deep devilish bunker right of #6 green ready for sod.
Back bunker on #1 taking shape.
Right side of #2 after sodding of bunker faces and surrounds.
Whale tail Approach bunkers on right side of #1.
A look at the right green side bunker on #2 after banks and surrounds sodded.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

 Swale cut into back of #11
Stripping sod off of #12 green.

Swale being cut behind #1 green
Left aproach bunker on #6.

Stripping sod off #9 to build "tophat" in green.

#1 before sodding, pictures of #1 tomorrow sodded!