Wild Turkeys Sparring at The Bear Trace at Harrison Bay

We are blessed to see many great things around the golf course on a routine basis.  From deer being born to bald eagles hatching but this video showing turkeys fighting is a first.  Mitch Sivley shot this video just this past week of three wild turkeys who we have dubbed "The Three Amigos", because they have always been seen together for the past several years, sparring.  Mitch was able to get within feet of these birds and they could have cared less.  Having a wildlife habitat on the golf course is such an amazing treat.  Hope you enjoy.

Greens Irrigation Project Has Begun

 
 
It has been a couple years in the works but this year, after the shown success on #5 and #16 greens, we will be working to install part circle irrigation heads around the remaining greens.  We began on #13 green and will work our way around the course during the winter months, hoping to have them all completed by the spring golfing season.



The process of placing additional irrigation heads around the greens will allow us to direct the water directly to the greens surface and eliminate the over-application of water to the putting green surrounds.  This will save us over a million of gallons of water each year and will cut our nightly watering window in half saving electricity to operate the pumping system. 

Those are the benefits for the golf course and the environment but what about the golfer.  Well,  with the ability to place the water where it is needed and the proper amount we will be able to provide firmer and faster putting surfaces while also being able to reduce the surrounds from being overwatered and saturated making "bump and run" shots and run up shots more effective.

Willie and Jonathen will be working on different greens throughout the winter and we will wait until the spring before we sod over the trench lines to allow them to settle and the sod to root better, so until that time please play these areas as Ground Under Repair.



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