Week 18 Accomplishments:
- Greens
- Greens drainage and gravel has been installed on hole #15
- Earthmoving / Shaping
- Hole #17 is 30% complete
- Hole #15 is 70% complete - still have to shape the tee complex and complete the bunker along the green and fairway
- Hole #18 - tee complex is 80% complete
- Wetland Area - #14 / #15
- Please note that a majority of this material is being relocated to hole #17. A berm will be created to separate MacEwen road from the golf hole.
- There are five small islands which will set at an elevation of roughly 12 - 18 inches above the controlled water elevation. Cypress trees and other approved plant material will be installed on the islands as the excavation continues.
- Drainage installation Progress
- Hole #13 is 95% complete - still have one, possibly two drains to install
- Hole #14 is 90% complete
- Hole #16 is 90% complete - still have one drain to install behind the 17th tee.
- Clearing Plan
- Hole #18 - Work has begun along the left side to allow area for the berm that will separate the fairway and green complex from the practice facility.
- Areas remaining:
- Hole #18 - along the driving range tees
- Hole #10
- Hole #9 - Fairway and Greens Complex
- Hole #1 - Fairway and Tee Complex
- Irrigation
- The main line, lateral piping, sprinkler installation:
- Hole #5 is 100% complete.
- Hole #8 will be complete by the end of the week
- Holes to be staked for sprinkler locations and piping:
- Dates: December 29th and 30th:
- Holes: #7, #11, #12
Upcoming Week Goals:
- Continue the Rough Shaping on hole #15 & #17
- Continue Clearing Plan on hole #18 and #10
- Continue the excavation of the soil from the wetland area between #14 / #15.
- General Course drainage installation on Hole #15
The Look Ahead:
- During the week of Christmas and New Year's, the contractor will have a smaller crew than normal working. Their main focus for those two weeks will be general debris clean up and checking all the protection fencing and addressing any repairs. The Lead Shaper will also be finalizing a few areas on holes that are nearly complete.
- Geotube Installation will start back up the week of January 5th along the 15th hole.
- The irrigation system is tentatively scheduled to be pressurized in early February.
- Due to the Holidays that are quickly approaching, the next progress update will be the week of January 5, 2015.
Golf Course Architect, Jason Straka's next scheduled site visits are:
1) January 5th - 7th
2) January 12th - 14th
2) January 12th - 14th
Did you know:
Over 170,000 square feet of new landscape areas have been identified. The installation is tentatively scheduled to begin in mid February.
Member Course Tours:
Dates & Time:
1) Tuesday, January 6th @ 1:30
2) Tuesday, January 13th @ 2:30
Meeting Location:
Golf Cart Staging Area out side the Golf Shop entrance
Dates & Time:
1) Tuesday, January 6th @ 1:30
2) Tuesday, January 13th @ 2:30
Meeting Location:
Golf Cart Staging Area out side the Golf Shop entrance
Registration Information:
Registration can be accomplished by utilizing the event sign-up section on ForeTees via the Club website or by calling the Golf Shop at 966-2191. Sign-ups are limited to 15 with a waiting list once registration is full.
*Please know that the entire Heron Golf Course is a construction zone. To ensure your safety, please do not access the Heron course at any time
Progress Video:
(Password for this video is "oaks")
The Heron Implementation Team
