Red Line indicates where 12" water line will run, pipe will be installed using a directional boring machine with 4' of dirt cover so irrigation system should not be damaged.  Blue indicates where 1" line will be snaked through current 6" line to service bathrooms by # 10. Magenta Line indicates new 6" service line that will feed all club buildings except grounds facility.

Practice Bunker prior to reconditioning, as you can see face of the bunker is deteriorating and bunker floor is too deep for members to see there practice shots react on the green.

Sod has been stripped and the compact track loader is being used to to do a little re-shaping to improve the practice bunker to benefit Harmony Landings members bunker play.

The bunker project was completed in house with no outside contractor required to do the shaping. Sod was used from extra rolls of zoysia laid out on course from project. Only outside cost was rental of machine and bunker sand.

Zoysia sod being installed.

A depth of  10 inches of compacted sand was placed in the practice bunker. This was done to allow a full season of use before sand will be added annually in March along with a select number of bunkers on the golf course.

Rough sod was installed between the bunker and the chipping green, this area was installed so members can practice close chip shots to the green that imitate shots experienced on the golf course.

As week three of the project has come to a close tremendous progress has been made. The project is at the half way point and holes; 17,18,12,7,9 remain to be finished.


With #9 taking shape all of the earth work is wrapping up and coming to end, the bunker face has been sodded in Zoysia and the surrounds will be Turf Type Tall Fescue once completed.
 #14 has been rolled and mowed and fertilized for a second time and is shaping up nicely. The ground staff will continue on a very aggressive agronomic program to get the newly sodded fairways ready for play August.
#2 green continues to heal and take shape, this is a very crucial time for the newly sodded bentgrass to get some extra TLC to make it through the heat of the summer with no root system development until soil temperatures cool down. The rough sod around the green has been fertilized with an organic fertilizer to help it root and recover.I have included a video of McDonald & Son's installing sod during the project below.

With the first week of the renovation complete the amount of work that has been done is fantastic. 24 trucks of sod have been installed, all shaping work for #2 Green, 10 Tees, 1 Tee, 5 Tee and 9 bunker have been completed.
In this photo all expansion work has been completed and bunker on the left has been installed and entire green complex has been sodded. The large practice green was utilized for # 2 Green expansion, the area of sod that was used will be seeded this upcoming week. Thursday of this week the bunkers will also be complete and sand will be installed to finish the construction process.
Native between #1/#10 is being used as dump site for sod being stripped off fairways. It also allows the contractor to stock pile top soil that has been used to construct new forward tees.
Here you can see our contractor installing the new Zoyzia sod to # 14. I will try to get a video up next week of the sod installation.
Here on the Zoysia Sod on #14 fairway you can see that roots have begun to form which is a great sign after 3 days. As always if you would like to have a guided tour of the renovation work please do not hesitate to contact Mike or myself.

With the fairway project starting on Monday the 27th McDonald & Son's has started to stage their equipment on property.
 The skid steers will be used to load sod into the dump vehicles to be hauled to the designated dump sites.

During the project the club has elected to manage the sod aspect to save on overall cost of the project. Within those responsibilities Harmony Landing Country Club will be utilizing this backhoe to unload the tractor trailer loads of sod. The trucks will be loaded in a matter to where both forks can be utilized, and unload two rolls of sod instead of the traditional one roll. This will cut down the unloading time in half so the sod can be laid on the ground in a quicker time frame.