Focus on 11 fairway

We're cleaning up the fairway, and working a flow line so the water drains to its disappearing point.

After that it should be all systems go for seeding.

Tony Ristola
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10 Green Rootzone compacted

The rootzone is the mix of sand and organic matter used for growing grass on the greens.

After it has been installed by Tex using an excavator, it's smoothed out some and then compacted with Petri using his tractor.

From there the finish work for the greens ensues with the surrounds. The two must be "tied" together seamlessly.

Finishing a greensite takes about a day.

Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1(909) 581 0080

It's Sunday...

... and Petri is finishing the tees... doing his thing pretty much alone.


Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
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+1(909) 581 0080

Tees, tees and more tees

Petri has been busy finishing the tees on 8, 11 and 17 the last couple days.

They're all in fairly close proximity to one another, and as he's cleaned up the area... it's looking good.

Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
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+1(909) 581 0080

Connecting the irrigation to 9 Green

With this accomplished, we will be flushing the lines, installing the heads, cleaning up the work where the sprinklers were installed... and seeding.

This should all happen in short order.

Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
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+1(909) 581 0080

Out with the Old

Road that is.

We had a haul road cutting through the 9th fairway, but a new road... one for the residential project is being cut and will be used in the near future.

It means the old road will get ripped up, loosened, and the fairway finished.

Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1(909) 581 0080

Petri Mestari (Master) in Photos

The master of finishing work slipping down the banks of the 9th green.

Note to future members and guests: It's not wise to miss this green left.

















In the TV series Knight Rider with David Hasselhoff, he had his car full of tricks called Kit. Well, Petri and his Kita 4200... actually a Kubota 4200, and he, not Kita is the bag of tricks.
















Mestari.
















Petri's TG Grademaker, with accessories (shovel).
















Getting ready to descend the slope left of 9 green.















This is how Petri spend a good part of his day. With his head turned around looking at the grader. He really should have a set of eyes in the back of his head.















It looks benign, but this slope is steeper than it appears.















Eyes backwards, tractor forwards.

Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1(909) 581 0080