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Jul 17
1 min

A Green Green Again

Break out the cigars and champagne. We have grass growing on the green. It's not tall enough yet to bowl. But, it is a good start.

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Stephen Rikley

Jul 11
1 min

Planted

Yup. the seed is finally in the ground. The sand has been cultivated and rolled. The fertilizer has been added. The irrigation is back on...

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Stephen Rikley

Jul 8
1 min

The Last Day of Construction

Tomorrow is suppose to be the last day of construction. What a month it has been. Here you can see Jesse doing some last minute leveling ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jul 3
1 min

Almost There

The Island Team is closing in on the finish line. Here, team members are repairing and prepping the North East Corner for cement work to ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jul 2
1 min

Bowling Started

As of today, we're back on the Green. Several members braved the cold weather to practice their bowling skills at our very first club draw...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 30
1 min

Day -23 - In the Home Stretch

The Island Irrigation Team is getting close to finishing the construction phase of the Green Rebuild. Work is shifting to completing the ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 28
1 min

Day 21 - I Didn't Do It! He did it?

On Friday night, the new green was a beautiful grey flat surface. Look what happened! In reality, this was a planned event. Under Dave's ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 27
1 min

Day 20 - Getting it Right

Watch this amazing short video taken by Douglas Ford showing the laser guided grader doing its job on the green. This technology coupled ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 26
1 min

Day 19 - Finishing Touches - Rainbow on the Green - Find the Problem

Yup, we are almost at the end of the month and the re-construction is in the final stages. Right on schedule. On the weekend we will be m...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 25
1 min

Day 18 - Irrigation, Sand and Boards

Below is one of the new irrigation heads being installed. The new irrigation system will work a lot like devices in smart homes. The syst...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 24
1 min

Day 18 - Like Watching an Artist at Work

Watch Jessie moving the USGA sand around the green.

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 24
1 min

Day 17 - Two Pictures you will want to remember

First truck of 20 USGA sand loads being emptied on to the green. Mighty Cyprus backboards and plinths now all installed. Soon they will b...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 23
1 min

Day 16 - Just a Normal Day at the Club

Not too busy. Only six tasks worked on today. Compacting & leveling existing sand. 2. Making sure existing grading 3 3/4 in below plinth ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 20
1 min

Day 15 - Turf Removal, Brackets and Boards

The Island team has been spending the last two days stripping the topsoil off the green and mounting ditch brackets and boards. The sand ...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 17
1 min

Day 12 - Watch Video of Concrete Pumper Setting Up

Douglas Ford put together this great video of the Concrete Pumper Truck setting up on Tuesday. Below, you can see Team Island using a con...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 17
1 min

Day 12 - Impressive Equipment

It was really something to see this impressive piece of equipment that was used to pump the cement into the ditches around the green. Mis...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 16
1 min

Day 11 - All Square - Ready for Cement Tomorrow

According to Ross's chart below, our old green was a bit off square. Now they are perfectly square. I knew there was a reason why my lawn...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 13
1 min

Day 9 & 10 - Trench Almost Ready for Concrete

Dennis, Jesse, David, Jeff, Liam and Chase were on site today working on finishing up the cement forms and placing the reinforcing rods o...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 11
1 min

Day 8 - Forming of the Ditch

Wednesday's work was all about getting the ditches prepared for pouring cement. Below you can see the 2 x 6 boards being installed in the...

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Stephen Rikley

Jun 10
1 min

Day 7 - All the Gravel is In and Tested

Today, was not the best of weather with rain falling most of the day. But, it did not stop Jessie and David from completing the placing a...

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