New look and repurposed fence

There have been a few new looks on the property. After some discussion about the proper way to take relief from the fence on 4 we decided to remove it. The original plan was to have the bunker be a waste area and the right side be a playable naturalized area. Well the bunker was constructed  more as a traditional bunker and never had the "waste" feel in spite of all our attempts to firm up the sand. "Playable" naturalized area is a misnomer, a unicorn, the holy grail of tall grass. Instead they become ball magnets that slow down play. If we allow carts to the right of the bunker it will become worn to dirt in no time so that will be an issue as to how we keep them from doing that. A fence may go back up over to the right. For now the plan is to allow that area to continue to be tall grass but it may get irrigated and maintained as rough in the future. It looks interesting without the fence. After much deliberation I thought of an area to use some of the removed fence and installed it on the edge of the road and the pollinator habitat area to the right of #2. I will remove the logs used to keep cars off the course.

re-purposed fence from 4 on the outside corner of 2

New look 4th hole

new look 4th hole

Another new look is on the final mowing of the fairways. I decided to try some contour mowing just for kicks. This is simply starting on one edge of the fairway and following that same contour throughout the rest of the fairway. It makes for some interesting patterns on a few holes.

Contour mowing 

Sunsets and Swans