Bogey Breeze 2019 April | Page 12

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Birds are chirping and days are warming up!

It has been a very long eventful winter, but the seasons are changing and we are excited to get this golfing season underway! The bunker project is complete!!! Thanks to a great week of weather in late March we finished the last four bunkers. There is still some minor detail and sod work to complete, but the bunkers are all shaped and constructed. We are extremely pleased with the results and have had a lot of positive feedback. Please be patient while sod grows in throughout the season. Also, please pay attention to how you enter and exit the new bunkers. Enter and exit the bunker in areas that are easily accessible. DO NOT enter or exit the bunker at steep slopes. It can cause damage to the bunker edge or surrounding sod.

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While the bunker project is completed there is still some leftover work to finish. Dump areas need to be shaped and seeded in the spring. Sand levels will have to be maintained as the new sand compacts and settles. Over an acre of sod has been laid and will have to continually be