Wissahickon Restoration Update 9/6/13

This week saw work being done in phase II and phase III between rain storms. The new area by the club houses was sodded which included the first tee, the new larger putting green, and the 18th green.  Phase II also saw the 11th and 17th green and surrounds get sodded and green side bunkers put in.  Phase III saw the shaping of the 14th and 15th greens as well as the tees at 16 and 12 starting to take shape.  This includes the new championship tee at 12, which will provide a dramatic and challenge tee shot for the 12th hole.  Please enjoy the photos below and the time lapse video of the 14th green construction with the 15th green and 16th tee in the background.

Phase II

Finishing touches around 1 green complex

 Sodding #11 green and shaping of #12 champ tee

 Another view of 11 green sodding

 11 sod complete

17 green sodded & green side bunkers

Phase III

Keith Foster evaluating 12 champ tee location. (Reintroduction of Tillinghast's original line for the hole)

 Time Lapse Video of 14th and 15th green

Time Lapse Video of #3 green construction

Please enjoy the new time lapse video of the construction of 3 green.  You can also see some of the construction being done on 10 green in the foreground and the construction of the tees for number 10 on the  top, right hand side of the screen.

Wissahickon Restoration Update 8/23/13

All three phases continued to go smoothly this week which included the contractors moving out of phase I.  Phase I still has some detail work remaining but has seen the major aspects of the project wrap up.  With Phase I done; from the contractors aspect, they have been really making progress in Phase II and Phase III.  Please enjoy the picture and video updates below to see the true scope of this week's progress.

Phase I

This week saw the major construction of Phase I come to a end with the completion of 8 and 9.  This included the laying of the green, tee, and approach sod on 8 and 9.  We also seeded the areas on 8 and 9 that did not get sodded and we are continuing with our detail work throughout Phase I.

#8 green complex nearing completion.

Time lapse video of 8 green from start to finish

Morning view of phase 1 behind 8 green / 9 tees

Phase II

The greens and surrounds of holes 2, 3, and 10 were all completed this week along with the bunkers getting wrapped up.  Work also continues on greens 1, 11, and 18.

 #18...all systems go!

 #10 green sodded. Small, left bunker reintroduced

 

#10 green right-hand side view

 Few guys working in, and around #2 green

 Sodding #3 green

 Sodding 3 green (view from 9 green)

Phase III

Phase III had already gotten moving earlier with the removal of brush to the right of #15 green and behind #16 tee but this week saw the beginning of the rough grading of both #14 green complex (including the "mini great hazard" in front of #15 green complex. 

Keith and project team previewing 16 from new champ tee....beautiful corner of property

Wissahickon Restoration Update 8/16/13

This week saw more good progress being made in all 3 phases of the project.  Despite the heavy rain on Tuesday many facets of the project went forward without any hesitation.

Phase I

The contractors continued to move forward with the final grading details of holes 8 and 9.  Irrigation was also installed throughout most of phase I and is now up and running.  We also finished sodding around and adding sand to bunkers on 8 and 9.  We also continued to seed where needed and are getting good coverage already.  This can be seen in the video of the great hazard which captures the process from seeding to where we stand now.

 The 8th hole! Reintroduced back bunkers. Recaptured full size of green while maintaining strong undulations

 The 7th hole with new bunker zone irrigation on bunker faces

9 green and approach view from trestle

 Installing lateral irrigation on #9 fairway, and installing sod around #7 tee surrounds

#6 rough and fairway seed growing in great!

 Time Lapse video of seed germinating on #4

Phase II

Phase II continues to move along at a steady pace and saw the rough grading of the 18 green complex which includes the practice green and #1 tee start to take shape.

 Keith Foster overseeing the rough-grading of the new warm-up green near the back tee of #1

 New back tee on #1 and new warm-up putting green

Phase III

We are continue to grow in the fairways and rough in advance of the contractors getting to phase III.  We have excellent turf coverage throughout most of phase III and continue to fine tune the any trouble areas. 

Gathering shot data from Allison Shoemaker and Alison Rudolf to assist with forward tee placement

 Fertilizing phase 3 fairways at dawn (#11)

Wissahickon Restoration Update

All facets of the Wissahickon Restoration are moving at full speed this week with work being done on all three phases.

Phase I
The contractors are working hard to get phase I buttoned up with in the coming weeks.  Please enjoy the photos below to see all of the progress done last week in phase I.  There is also a video of the progress at "The Great Hazard".

Hole #4 / "The Great Hazard"

 Tidying up left fairway bunker on 4 

View of reintroduced, left bunker near 4 green

 Starting to lay fescue in The Great Hazard

 All bunkers of The Great Hazard

 Great Hazard sodding coming along nicely

The Great Hazard on it's first clear day

 #4 from the forward tee

 View of #4 from back tee

Time Lapse video of "The Great Hazard"

Hole #7

This past week, most of hole 7 was completed.  This included the sodding of the greens and surrounds and the installation of all bunker sand and sod around the bunkers.

PCC staff lining left fairway bunkers on 7

 Sodding 7 green and lining green side bunkers

 Re-introducing our church pew bunkers on 7

#7 bunkers

#7 church pew bunkers complete!

Hole #8

 #8 champ tee...close to 230 yds

Phase II

Rough Grading continues to progress in the areas of #1 Tee / #18 Green as well as the Green Complexes on #1, 11, and 17.

 Beginning to core #11 green

Rough Grading of #3, 10, and 2 is completed and finish grading and bunker edging has begun.

 Rough grading #3 (view from #9 Green Complex) 

3 green rough graded

Coring #2 green. Also in background, advanced fairway seeding going very well on phase 2 & 3

 10 rough graded

Time Lapse Video Updates

5 green is wrapped up and the time lapse camera has been moved to begin capturing work being done in phase II.  Please enjoy the video below.

A lot of work has been done on "The Great Hazard" this week.  Please view the video below to see the progress.

Wissahickon Restoration Weekly Update July 26, 2013

We are happy to report Holes #4 and #6 will be wrapping up in the coming days!  Members will observe that most areas where grading occurred have been sodded.  Undisturbed areas will be seeded as sections of the course are completed.  Please view the pictures below to see all of the work that has been completed this week.

Keith Foster previewing restoration progress with PCC's Board of Directors

 Another new, handmade cooler to replace our old green ones

 First cut on 5 green....4 days after laying sod

First mowing (by hand) on advanced, phase 3 grow-in on #11 fwy. Staff adjusting straw from fwy to rough

 

Two truckloads of refrigerated bentgrass for 4 & 6 green

#4 / "The Great Hazard"

This week, Keith Foster included a couple of small areas of regular rough into PCC's "Hells Half Acre" feature.  For members concerned about an errant shot which lands in The Great Hazard, these small areas of "purgatory" will provide nice relief, and a definite sign of good luck.  The bunker sand is already installed, and tomorrow's fescue sodding will put the finishing touches on this grand feature.
Below are pictures from this week's progress on #4 and the "The Great Hazard"

Little bit of activity on The Great Hazard 

 Detailing the bunker floor on the right fairway bunker of #4 driving zone

 Great Hazard with bunker sand

 #4 front bunker with sand being installed on the right bunkers

 A right-hand side view of #4 bunkers near the green

 View of 4 green with  sod around bunkers

 4 green and surround completed!  Proud of our staff for their detail work. They make difficult fwy tie-in work between new and old look easy

#6

All areas which were sodded due to grading are complete.  This includes the green, approach, and the surround sod.  Below are photos of this week's progress on #6.

 Tanto Irrigation installing #6 bunker zone irrigation alongside PCC staff installing matrix liner

PCC staff performing the fairway tie-ins on 6

 PCC staff performing the fairway and approach tie-ins on 6

 Today on #6. Green, approach, rough, and fescue sod

#6 green and surround completed!

 Another view from the fairway on 6

#9

On #9, two optional tees have been added to increase course set-up flexibility.  The championship tee rests immediately behind the left rear bunker on #8 (about 40 feet from the office window at the maintenance facility).  This should prove very challenging for PCC's best golfers. 
For shorter, more casual play, there will be an additional forward tee across Loraine run and to the left.  This tee will eliminate a forced carry over the creek, and gives members a straight shot between the two fairway bunkers.

#9 championship tee roughed graded.....about 40 ft from the Maintenance facility!