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We developed this blog to provide golf course maintenance information to our members. From projects, small and large, to updates on course conditions, we want to provide as much information as possible. Although we hope this blog answers all of the pertinent questions regarding our operation, we always welcome more personalized dialogue. If you have questions beyond the information found on this blog, feel free to contact our golf course superintendent, Trevor Hedgepeth.

thedgepeth@kinlochgolfclub.com

804-840-8320


Friday, August 16, 2019

Kinloch Golf Club Enhancement Project - Week 6 Update

Friday, July 5th, Kinloch Golf Club, in conjunction with Landscapes Unlimited, began our summer-long, facility enhancement project. As we travel through the project, please check in for weekly blog posts which will update our progress. 

Thanks for all of your support as we are very excited about this project and the product we will offer this coming fall!!! 

This is the 6th Week Update!! Sodding began this week!!


Yesterday evening, August 15th, we recorded 2.5" of rain that fell in less than one hour. The pictures below show how incredible the BBB Bunker System really is. If we were open, we might have added one more employee to our daily bunker raking operation... but otherwise, the bunkers are barely affected. 




And these shots are from 2018 when we received 3" of rain overnight. Slight difference in how the bunkers performed :) In this scenario, we deployed 2 sand-pros, a repair crew of 8-10 employees and a silt crew of 4 employees. Even using 14-16 employees, this repair work took us over a day to complete. 



The lake edge restoration is complete and the sod was installed yesterday. Don't mind the white/yellow grass... that's us whacking bent grass in the rough! 




The sod stripping in the rough will begin this weekend, but we have already sod cut and prepped the fairways. Our first truck of bent arrives Tuesday morning. 


The training center is really coming into form!! 



Next week we will be receiving 12-15 trucks of sod!! We will be excited to share continued progress.