14th & 13th Greens

 

New Sod Around 14

May 8th War Memorial Golf Course Holes 14 and 13

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13th and 14th Hole at WMGC

The 14th and 13th holes are scraped and ready for sod and the greens. Waiting for them to arrive at the course. The tee ground on 13 is complete and by the time you receive this so will be the 14th tee ground. The 13th green looks like a saucer with one tip nestled into the hill going upto the old 13th hole. It appears that the creek separating the 13th green from the fairway will be larger and more hazardous for amatures. The 14th green will be elevated dropping off into the pond. Each of the greens has pipes underneath them. The tee ground is almost finished for 14 as well. Still no sod has been put on the fairway on 14.

NEW? WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE OLD, AND THE NEW GOLF COURSE?

Some work on the the new 13th What's this? A pipe with some electric wires coming from the creek?

Looking upto the 14th tee from the fairway

A view from the Bridge going over the creek at the old 17

Its the end of the second week almost, and it doesn't look like there has been much progress, but then, I'm not even an amature. You may have been wondering why the old 14, 15, and 16 were closed. Part of it is because they are working on the new 14 and don't want people hitting balls into workers. They're doing some work on the creek on the old 17 and can't have people hitting into them. The unstated reason for closing the old 16 is that the state is building skyboxes at the stadium and is using part of the hole for storage of items until they can be put in their proper place. They have also done some work on the side of the hill on the old 16 to shore it up. Its not clear if the side of the hill is being taken by the State or not.

Here is a shot looking down to the green of the new 14th hole with the pond in the background.

See the two poles lying on part of the old 16th hole and some dirt and stone on the hillside. Very interesting.

Guess there are changes to the old 16 that we weren't told about.

I was looking down from the tee area at the old 16 down to the green. You can see where the hillside is cut away. The white streem on the left side of the photo is drainage from the construction at the stadium.

Another shot of part of the old 16th that shows the carved out hillside and poles from the Stadium resting on the hole.

Some idea of what the skyboxes at the stadium will look like. Money talks.