Progress Update #44 - Week 46 - 7/3/2015

Week 46 Accomplishments 

• Grassing:
• Hole #15 is completely grassed
• Tee complex on #9 is 95% Complete & Hole #18 is 100% complete

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #18
• Green-side  
• Better Billy Bunker Liner and Sand installed
• Fairway
• 2 bunkers have Better Billy Bunker installed
• remaining bunkers are in the process of being shaped, drainage installation, and / or Better Billy Bunker Liner being installed.

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Hole #18 - Complete the remaining areas  

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #18 - Complete the remaining bunkers
• Hole #10 - Start the shaping, drainage, and bunker liner installation
• Finish Shaping
• Hole #10 / #9 / #1 - Continue the bulldozer work on these three holes  

Did you know:

It takes a golf course sprinkler approximately 3 minutes to make a complete 360 degree rotation.

Member Course Tours:

No Tours are scheduled the week of July 6th

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #43 - Week 45 - 6/26/2015

Week 45 Accomplishments 

• Grassing:
• All Greens, Collars, Approaches, and Chipping areas have been grassed
• Greens = TifEagle Bermuda
• Collars, Approaches, and Chipping Areas = TifGrand Bermuda

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #15
• Green-side Bunker is complete
• Fairway Waste Bunker is 90% complete

• Cartpath Installation:
• All Cartpaths are complete

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Hole #15 - Monday & Tuesday
• Hole #18 Tee Complex - Wednesday or Thursday
• Hole #9 Tee Complex - Wednesday or Thursday

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #18 - Complete the Better Billy Bunker Liner installation and install the G-Angle Bunker Sand

Did you know:

• The Project remains on Time and on Budget!

• All areas which are utilized for material storage and/or course entry points will be refurbished to a better condition than when they were originally used for prior to construction beginning. The contractor is obligated per the contract with Club to do so at the conclusion of the project.

Member Course Tours:

Wednesday, July 1st @ 1:30 PM

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #42 - Week 44 - 6/19/2015

Week 44 Accomplishments 

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #15 
• Green-side Bunker -  ready for drainage installation and then Better Billy Bunker liner installation
• Waste Bunker along the fairway is 60% complete
• Hole #18 - Green-side bunkers are being shaped 

• Grassing:
• 12 holes are 95% grassed or fully complete.
• Remaining Order of holes:16, 15, 18, 10, 9, 1, 2 
• Holes #17
• All areas have been grassed 

• Cartpath Installation:
• Hole #1 & #2 - Complete

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Celebration Bermudagrass
• Complete hole #16
• TifGrand Bermudagrass
• Complete holes 15, 18, 10, 9, 1, and 2
• TifEagle (Greens)
• Complete holes 15, 18, 10, 9, 1, and 2
• Bunker Construction:
• Install drainage and Better Billy Bunker in the green-side bunker on #15
• Continue Bunker shaping around the #18 Green

Did you know:

The large concrete structure located on hole #2 was intended to be used as replacement for the weir structure in the lake on hole #7. Instead the structure that is there was modified and thus the structure on hole #2 is going to be returned.

Member Course Tours:

Wednesday, June 24th @ 10:30 AM

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #41 - Week 43 - 6/12/15

Week 43 Accomplishments 

• Greens:
• Regrading and checking the rootzone depth
• Holes 1, 2, 9, & 10 - Complete

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #17 Fairway Bunkers - Drainage installation and Better Billy Bunker liner is either in the process if being complete or is complete.

• Grassing:
• Order of holes: 3 - 8, 11 - 18, 10, 9, 1, 2 
• Order of installation 
• Sodding around bunkers / lake banks / drains
• TifGrand Bermuda - Collars, Approaches, and Chipping areas
• Celebration Bermuda Sprigs - Fairways, Roughs, and Tees
• Greens - Phase #2 of 3 - #11, 12, 13, 14, 16, & 17 = complete
• Holes #14
• All areas have been grassed 

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Celebration Bermudagrass  
• Sprig and Sod Holes #16 & #17
• Bunker Construction:
• Install drainage and Better Billy Bunker in the green-side bunker on #15
• Install drainage in the waste bunker on the left side of hole #15

Did you know:

The first and second phase of greens grassing are 81,056 square feet or 1.86 acres. The old Heron greens were slightly over 130,680 square feet or 3 acres.

Member Course Tours:

Wednesday, June 17th @ 1:30 PM

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #40 - Week 42 - 6/5/2015

Week 42 Accomplishments 

• Greens:
• Regrading and checking the rootzone depth
• Holes 16, 17, & 18 - Complete

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #16 & #17 Greenside Bunkers - Drainage installation and Better Billy Bunker liner installed in the green-side bunker

• Grassing:
• Order of holes: 3 - 8, 11 - 18, 10, 9, 1, 2 
• Order of installation 
• Sodding around bunkers / lake banks / drains
• TifGrand Bermudagrass - Collars, Approaches, and Chipping areas
• Celebration Sprigs
• Holes #12
• All areas have been grassed with the exception of the green
• Holes #14, 16, & 17
• TifGrand Bermudagrass installed - Collars, Approach Areas, and Chipping Areas

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Celebration Bermudagrass  
• Sprig and Sod Holes #14 & half  of #17
• TifEagle - Greens
• Holes #11, 12, 13, 14, 16, & 17
• Bunker Construction:
• Install Drainage and Better Billy Bunker in the fairway bunkers on #17 and the green-side bunker on #15

Did you know:

The course will be Cartpath Only for at least 3 months to allow the turf to fully mature during the slower growing period (Winter Months).

Member Course Tours:

Wednesday, June 10th @ 1:30 PM

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #39 - Week 41 - 5/29/15

Week 41 Accomplishments 

• Greens:
• Regrading and checking the rootzone depth
• Hole # 15 - Complete

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #14 - Drainage installation and Better Billy Bunker liner installed in the green-side bunker

• Grassing:
• Order of holes: 3 - 8, 11 - 18, 10, 9, 1, 2 
• Order of installation 
• Sodding around bunkers / lake banks / drains
• TifGrand Bermudagrass - Collars, Approaches, and Chipping areas
• Celebration Sprigs
• Holes #13
• All areas have been grassed with the exception of the green

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: Sprig and Sod Holes #12 & #14 except for the greens
• Complete Landscape installation along #3 roadway
• Complete the cartpath installation on hole #1 

Did you know:

One of the golf course sprinklers irrigates approximately 3,100 square feet. 

Member Course Tours:

Dates and Time:

No tours are scheduled for this coming week

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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Progress Update #38 - Week 40 - 5/22/2015

Week 40 Accomplishments 

• Greens:
• Regrading and checking the rootzone depth
• Hole # 13 - Complete
• Hole #14 - Complete
• Grassing complete on holes #3 - #8

• Bunker Construction:
• Hole #13 - Drainage installation and Better Billy Bunker liner installed in the green-side bunker

• Grassing:
• Order of holes: 3 - 8, 11 - 18, 10, 9, 1, 2 
• Order of installation 
• Sodding around bunkers / lake banks / drains
• TifGrand Bermudagrass - Collars, Approaches, and Chipping areas
• Celebration Sprigs
• Holes #8
• All areas have been grassed
• Hole #11
• All areas have been grassed from the bridge to the green

• Landscape Installation:
• Hole #17
• Bougainvillea, Oleanders, Firebush, and Ornamental grasses have been installed on the berm behind the green. Additional ferns are to be installed under the large oaks along the road.
• Hole #13
• Ornamental Grasses installed behind the left fairway bunker.

• Fumigation on Tees
• Complete on the holes - #1, 10, 14, 15, and 18
• Tarps will be removed the early part of next week

Upcoming Week Goals:

• Grassing: 
• Sprig and Sod from the bridge back to the tee on Hole #13.
• Sprig and Sod all of hole #12 except for the green
• Complete bunker drainage installation, Better Billy Bunker Liner, and sand installation on Hole #14
• Complete Landscape installation along #3 roadway
• Complete the cartpath installation on holes #1 and #9

*The contractor will not be working on Monday due to the holiday

Golf Course Architect, Jason Straka's next scheduled site visits are:

1) May 27th - May 28th 

Did you know:

The greens will be firm during the first year due to lack of a thatch or mat layer which is located right below the putting surface.

Member Course Tours:

Dates and Time:

Thursday, May 28th @ 9:30 am

Should you have any question or comments, please feel free to send them to heron@theoaksclub.com or call the Heron Hotline at 966-6940 

*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. Should you see anyone out walking or driving on the course not accompanied by Management, please notify the Golf Shop or Security.

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