Nearing a finished product (on one hole)

Number five is where this process started and that hole will be the first to be completed.  We are actually pretty close, just a few weeks since the project began.  All the old turf has been removed, the soil has been rototilled and then compacted, flags have been placed to designate locations of plant material and now the crew is installing irrigation.

The drip system uses sub service delivery in 3/4 inch pipe.  The only part that comes above ground is the emitter to water each plant.  Trees will get soaker hoses in a couple of rings, but besides that, we will not have any hoses above ground.  This allows us to use a bunker rake to dress up the area periodically without damaging any drip line.  Also, players will not encounter drip lines when playing out of the native zones.

There are many hundreds of feet of drip line trenches on each hole.  This is a pretty time consuming task, but with 4 trenchers going at once, it's moving faster than I had expected. Once the irrigation is installed, the plants will go in and the compacted sands and mulch will be spread as a final piece.  The sand will be compacted with hand and mechanical rollers and the area will be finished.  

The first shipment of plant material came in today, mostly larger items like 36" box sycamore trees, 24" box pink malaleucas, and some 15 gallon 'after dark' peppermint tree.  It's going to look pretty sharp out there.