Wayne's World Fall 2022
Dear La Cumbre Golfers,
Thank you to all who have expressed concern and support. I had a medical setback on August 31 that kept me sidelined for a couple of weeks. But things are looking good now, and I will be happy to get back to it soon.
We recently completed lots of work on holes 10 through 16. With the completed work, the holes look clean and well defined, plus they have better transitions from green to tees with more teeing options. The 15th/16th turnaround is the only area we will need to review, but this is a difficult area, as it is so tight from green to tee. We will monitor this area to make decisions for the future.
Again, thank you for your support.
Work that we intend to complete this fall:
- Hole 10 green tee, plant some natives on the slope of the tee, remove the old tee, and convert the area to non-turf.
- Hole 12 - connect new drainage to path drain boxes.
- Hole 13 - connect drainage to path drain boxes. Create a larger non-turf area under the oak by the tee box. Remove a few more old path panels on the right side to get out the line of sight: review benches and their view from teeing grounds.
- Hole 14 - connect drainage to path drain boxes. Create a DG path to island green for cart traffic.
- Hole 15 - create a DG walking path from tees to the fairway for walkers.
- Hole 16 - connect drainage to the path drain box.
- Holes 2,3,9, and 18 finish creating scatter ends to the paths, which were removed this year and in past years. This looks to be a 3-day project. I’m connecting with the path contractor to plan this work.
This will complete the heavy work for the year! Our original estimate for this work was $550,000, and we anticipate coming in at or below this mark. Our outside contractors, with staff involvement, have become very efficient in the removal process. The only positive to an empty lake was using it for staging and transferring materials to complete the task, turning a negative into a positive. Just imagine if we had to drive around the lake during play with all this activity.
We are very fortunate, in my absence, that we have such a strong team to carry on. I have been able to keep up and provide support and guidance on applications and material procurement, but they really have stepped up on this project and all the normal grooming the property requires.
Thank you to the staff and all involved.
See you around the property shortly.
Wayne Mills
