This photos taken looking at the motorway on the Priors last week.

11th Trees

Taken yesterday!

11th Trees

The course now is looking a little different.  All of these trees have been removed and this area is having the topsoil pulled to one side awaiting infill materiel.  The first lorry is scheduled for early March.  By this time we will have a wheel wash in place to clean lorry tyres,  A road sweeper to clear the main road and various other machines to ensure the golf course and the work site can exist next to each other without to much interference.  Three of the Four mats are in place with the mat on 11th being relocated further down the fairway next week.  By the end of the month we will move onto at least Three of  these mats and the golfers new route around the course will be fixed.

The area behind the 10th green priors will contain offices and various other buildings for the duration of the project and has been graded off.

10th green

Work on the Priors ready for the motorway bund is moving quickly now.   We have built a new bridge to the 12th ladies Tee, which will be the new Tee site for the project.

12th Tee

As the week progresses we will have 3 new tees to build on the Priors.  These will be full size, high quality AstroTurf surfaces.  The first will be sited on the 12th ladies tee, the second on the 13th fairway and the final one as a replacement 7th T at the bottom of the hill.  The 7th Tee is being moved forward in order to protect golfers walking off the right of the 12th green, where they will walk up the hill and in-front of the 6th Tee to get to the 13th Tee which is now sited on the 13th fairway.

Over the next few days contractors will arrive and begin putting up fencing to segregate the work-site from the golf course.  In the next few weeks the final mat will be positioned on the 11th hole once we have finalised routing of the new hole.

At all parts of the project we plan to have 18 holes open for play with only 4 Tee mats and 4 changes to the current layout.