It's hard to believe its April. We have been very busy on the course since the weather broke. If you played at all in March, you know we have the course kind of torn up. As I write this, we are almost done with the bunker project and are ready to pour cement in the cart paths. The plan is to pour cement in the next two weeks. Weather will play a big factor in determining exactly when.

On Wednesday, March 30, they sprayed the polymer in the two right bunkers on #9. The polymer is the third step in installing the Better Billy Bunker System. We decided to do these two bunkers as a test to see if this system would work at Pottawatomie. First step is to remove the old sand and inspect the drainage. Next, a 2 inch layer of washed pea gravel is added followed by the polymer, allowing it to dry for 24 hours. The last step is to add the sand at a depth of 4 inches. This will help prevent the sand from mixing with the soil and plugging up the drains. Another plus is it also prevents the sand from washing down off the slopes during a heavy rain fall. This system is expensive, so we are going to collect data for future consideration.

We still have the raised flower bed to finish, spring clean-up, fence repair, spring fertilization, tree planting, native grasses to divide, over seeding the areas under the Sugar Maples, oh my! Any way we could have March back?