June 2015 Hole Notes Magazine

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of something that had been there for years. We studied photos and styles of courses like Flossmoor CC, Wilshire CC, Los Angeles CC and Merion CC to get an idea, then we got started.

ish shaping. A mini excavator, a Cat 303.5 was also purchased and equipped with a special 39-inch wide swivel bucket attachment giving an additional 180 degrees of tilt movement, plus 12-inch and 24inch digging buckets for me to use on the project. The rest of the equipThe club had purchased a small doz- ment significant to the project was er, a Cat D4G LGP (Low Ground already in the maintenance fleet, Pressure). It’s a 90 hp machine and including a 2-ton dump truck, skid very maneuverable for the small steer loader, trencher, sod cutter, work areas, but capable of bulk sand pro and several Toro Workman earth moving during topsoil removal utility vehicles for moving mateand rough shaping, while still berial around. The whole project was ing able to do fine details and findone in house and the golf course

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