Work to widen 13th green

Work is currently under way to widen the Everglades Country Club golf course 13th green on the left-hand side.

When completed there will be a wider choice of pin placements in this area.

The practice chipping area which suffered severely in the drought has had irrigation lines drawn from the first fairway system.

It is intended to surface the green with a putting surface type grass.

The rough area in front of the third tee is to be allowed to grow to a height which will deter players from playing the seventh hole in this direction.

A new method of machine-raking bunkers appears to have been effective in levelling the bottoms of the bunkers.

All drinking bubbler spouts on the course have been replaced.

Golfers should not now be showered with water when attempting to drink from them.

Further to this, the angled spout will facilitate the filling of water bottles in the warmer months.

Orange lines, limiting motorised vehicle travel in the vicinity of greens, should now be back in place.

Operators of motorised vehicles should ensure that they remain outside these lines and the mounding which is in place on several fairways.

A mound is in the process of being formed in the rough to the left hand side of the second fairway.

The purpose of the mound is to obscure the view of the eighth green from players playing the second hole.

A proposal has been put before the board executive to consider a long-range plan for improving the surface of constructed pathways throughout the course.

Green staff have been requested to cut holes in greens not closer to the edge of the green than the recommended five paces.

Bulletin, June 11