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Improvements will enhance
playability at Chardonnay
C
ourse improvements aimed
at enhancing playability are
under way at Chardonnay
Golf Club, with bunker, mounding,
and irrigation projects at the top of
the maintenance crew's to-do
list.
For instance, two new fairway
bunkers are being added on
the left side of the par-4 13th
hole and the right side of the
long par-5 15th hole. And
while most golfers would con-
sider the addition of these haz-
ards to be punitive, they actually will
provide some welcome relief geared
toward saving time and strokes.
"The new bunker on 13 will stop
balls from running through the fair-
way into the vineyards and the
bunker on 15 will provide a backstop
to prevent balls from running into the
creek,"said General Manager Roger
Billings. "This will help ease penalty
strokes and improve speed of play."
Work also is planned to re-shape
mounding near the left side of the
green on the tough par-4 sixth hole.
"The current mounds are too steep
and create challenges from a mainte-
nance perspective, as well as playa-
bility of the hole," Billings says. "We
may expand the front of the green by
making it wider, as well."
Other planned improvements in-
clude replacing sand in the bunkers,
ongoing aerification and overseeding
of the fairways where needed, and
resurfacing portions of the cart paths.
"We want our members and guests
to have a quality experience," Billings
said. "And we know these improve-
ments will help Chardonnay Golf
Club continue to be the best course
in the valley."
Some of the course improvements will ease penalty strokes and speed up play.
IRRIGATION
WORK ON TAP
I
rrigation is the lifeblood of any golf
course. And making sure the water
gets to where it needs to go is a
top priority at Chardonnay Golf Club.
"Since most of the system is over
20 years old, we continually work to
replace irrigation components –
sprinkler valves, heads and piping –
as needed," said Chardonnay Golf
Club General Manager Roger Billings.
"And, we continue to expand and add
to the current irrigation plan through-
out the course where there was previ-
ously no irrigation."
Irrigation was recently added to
the 10th green surround and in the
rough on the left side of the seventh
fairway. Plans are now in the works to
add new irrigation between the cart
path and fairway bunker on the right
side of the 13th hole and behind the
17th green by the left bunker.
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