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Upcoming Driving Range Closures

Driving Range Closures

In order to renovate our driving range landing areas at White Wing and Cowan Creek we will be closing the ranges later this summer. We will only close one of them at a time for a one month period each. This schedule allows us to keep two of the three ranges open, and will still allow for plenty of practice area during the closures.

The reason this needs to be done is for both aesthetics and the longevity of the equipment used to pick the range. The large ruts that have worn out over the past years cause a lot of wear and tear on the range picker, which in turn cost us in equipment repairs.

The closure dates will be:

White Wing Driving Range: June 29^th – July 31^st

Cowan Creek Driving Range: August 3^rd – Sept. 4^th  

Rain, rain, rain and more rain!

With over 5" last week and another 4" last night the golf courses have had enough. 

Cowan Creek Fairway Mowers

Cowan Creek Golf Maintenance is looking for three residents that would like to work part-time mowing fairways and rough in the mornings (2-3 days a week).  If interested, please contact Craig Loving @ craig.loving@sctexas.org

Montgomery High School Card

We received this thank you card from Montgomery High School today! Sun City Texas should be very proud of the job well done not only by the staff but the entire community!

 

USGA Aerification Video

It's that time of year again! You can click on the link below and watch a USGA video on greens aerification and why we have to do it. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=863Ix8czcoY&list=PLnU5qUEfww3cOAU8iTQTUpF5S4UqhXJka&sns=em

New View from #5 Tee box at White Wing

Here is the new view from the tee box that was rebuilt on the #5 hole at White Wing. A llittle more tree trimming further down the hole on the right side will provide more visibility from the tee and we plan to do this before the tee is open for play in the next 3-4 weeks. This should be a great addition to the hole and provide a "new" feel when playing the hole from that side. Thank you for your patience during this construction period and please remember that the blue and green tees are placed forward of the left tee for use during the establishment of these new tee boxes. 

White Wing Greens Update

The greens at White Wing are doing much better this year and are growing very well for this time of year. Although we have not reached our combined temperatures of 150, which is optimal growing temps for Bermuda grass, we are still seeing some pretty good growth with the temps we have had lately. This past week we topdressed the greens pretty heavy, which slowed them down a bit and we even heard rumblings that the greens were taking a step back or deteriorating again. This is not the case. They are a little slower and not as smooth as the other two courses right now but we have been a little more cautious (to say the least) with our rolling and mowing heights at WW after what we went through last year. All this being said, the health of the greens at WW looks to be at a point now where we can start lowering the cutting heights, rolling more often and getting  White Wing to the same consistency as the other two courses. Next week the USGA will be on property and we will be spending the day at White Wing and discussing our agricultural plan moving forward. 

White Wing #5 tee box update

Rough grade on the #5 tee box at White Wing has been completed. The contractor will be fine grading this week with plans to sod the left tee with 419 Bermuda grass by the end of the week. The right tee will be complete next week and the zoysia grass will come in shortly after that. 

White Wing #5 Tee Construction

We have started the tee construction project on #5 tee at WW and hope to have demolition complete this week. This project will add an additional 600sqft to the blue/green tee on the left and combine the two tees on the right into one large tee that will be able to be played by both the green and blue tee users.