Bunker Project

80 tons of sand was dropped off here yesterday morning. Over the next couple of months we will slowly start working on our bunkers here at Canyon Crest. Our 36 green side bunkers will be our primary focus the first couple weeks. We hope you will start seeing improvements right away as we work the sand in. As for the an update on the course, we continue to have some firm conditions out on the golf course. Our greens were stimped yesterday morning at 11.5 feet. With warm weather on the way next week, we should expect some pretty good growth throughout the golf course. Also, we would like to thank every one for their participation in the Member-Member this past weekend, hopefully you all enjoyed the course conditions. Thank you for all the feedback we have received, good or bad. Here are a few pictures of the sand dropped off yesterday.

Drought Conditions

With California being in a water crisis as of late, we are doing our part in trying to cut back on our watering. Although we will not go as far as Pinehurst did last year for the U.S. Open, we are hoping to make an impact here at Canyon Crest. We are projecting to cut over 25% of our water output on the course this summer. We will try to rely primarily on hand watering in dry areas on the golf course to cutback on over watering in the areas that do not need the water as much. That is something we can not really control using regular irrigation heads. The color of the course may not be easy on the eyes for some, but the course will play much firmer and faster, primarily with our fairways. Golfers will now enjoy an extra 5 to 10 yards if they can find the middle of the fairway.

Greens/Course Update

It has been a full week since we aerified our greens, and the holes are filling in nicely. We had our first mow on our greens yesterday and have started to gradually lower our height of cut. We are projected to be back down to our normal greens height by this coming weekend. We have not got a stimp reading on the greens due to the current conditions. We will be getting back to our daily stimp readings early next week in order to work our way back to firm and fast conditions. Also, next week the height of cut on other areas of our golf course in order tighten up our turf. A growth regulator will be applied to our fairways tomorrow to help us out add some density to the turf.