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New #8 Hole After Two Weeks of Growth

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Getting Greener and Thicker

New #8 Hole After One Week of New Growth

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Yes, that's one week of growth And the sprigs are sprouting already One week ago we started with this And added the SOD And laid down the SPRIGS And a week later we have this! "... it's proceeding according to plan, we have been fortunate so far to be blessed with good growing conditions".                           Bill Kirkland, President, IDCC This bunker will be filled with sand soon

The #8 Hole - from Sod to Sprig to Watering In, All in Sequence, Ready to Grow!

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Major Milestones were Accomplished Today on the #8 Hole Redesign and Reconstruction Milestone #1 - The "SOD" The Starting Point - a Rebuilt and Re-Contoured Green with new Drainage and Irrigation, filled with USGA-Certified Greens Mix  The Sod has arrived And is carefully placed alongside the green...   And the front green retaining wall Out to the cart path For a Completely New SOD Green Milestone #2 - The SPRIGS Shown below as they arrived, some of Georgia's finest sprigs... The pictures following show the putting down of the sprigs, the rolling of the sprigs and the cutting of the sprigs, as done by Harry Bowers, our golf course designer/architect and IDCC staffers Felix, Chris and Jean Milestone #3 - WATERING IN The Final Step - watering in is the prelude to growing in, which is expected to take approximately 60 days before this hole can be re-opened for regulation play in the Fa...