We wanted to provide everyone with a few updates regarding some of the work taking place around the courses this week, along with an important adjustment to the Lakes Course schedule. We also need to make a slight adjustment to this week's Lakes Course closure schedule.

Lakes Course Schedule Change

The Lakes Course will be open Monday as originally scheduled. However, the Lakes Course will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to allow our Golf Course Maintenance team additional time to complete some important work in preparation for this fall's overseed.

One of the projects taking place will be the installation of some additional sod in areas around the course. Completing this work now gives the new turf approximately a month to establish itself before we begin the more intensive overseed preparation process at the Lakes.

Thank you for your patience as the Maintenance team takes advantage of this window to complete these improvements.

A Reminder About Newly Sodded Areas

All newly sodded areas on the golf course should be treated as Ground Under Repair (GUR).

Most importantly, we ask that you please do not play a shot from the new sod. These areas need time to root and become established, and even a small divot or repeated foot traffic can set that process back considerably.

Under Rule 16.1 of the Rules of Golf and our local rules, free relief is available when the newly sodded area interferes with:

• The lie of your ball;
• Your intended stance; or
• The area of your intended swing.

When taking relief in the general area, determine the nearest point of complete relief, no nearer the hole, and then drop within one club-length of that point, also no nearer the hole. Your ball, stance, and intended swing must all be completely clear of the Ground Under Repair after relief is taken.

There is one distinction that is particularly important around newly sodded fringes and greens:

If your ball is off the putting green and a newly sodded area is simply between your ball and the hole, you do not receive free relief solely because the sod is on your line of play. For example, if your ball is in the approach or rough and you would like to putt through a newly sodded section of fringe, the sod being in the path of the ball by itself does not entitle you to relief.

Relief would apply only if the new sod also interferes with the ball itself, your stance, or your intended swing.

We appreciate everyone's help protecting these areas while they become established.

Vistas #5 Lake – Well Work

First, please do not be alarmed if you notice the water in the lake on Vistas #5 becoming a little brown or cloudy over the next day or so.

The drilling team has completed the installation of the casing for the new well and is now working to clean out the bottom of the well. As part of that process, they need to pump out silt, sediment, and other material that has accumulated at the bottom during drilling.

Some of that sediment may temporarily discolor the water in the Vistas #5 lake. This is an expected part of the well-development process.

As we continue irrigating the golf course overnight and pumping water from the existing well back into the lake, the sediment will gradually dilute and settle out, and the lake should return to its normal appearance.

A Little Help From Mother Nature

Finally, it looks like we may get some additional help from Mother Nature. Rain and thunderstorms remain possible Monday, with another chance of storms toward the end of the week.

Monday should also bring a welcome break from the recent heat, with temperatures forecast to remain below 100 degrees. While some triple-digit temperatures may return later in the week, it is certainly nice to finally see at least a little relief from the extreme temperatures we have been experiencing.

As always, thank you for your patience and cooperation while our Golf Course Maintenance team continues preparing the courses for the upcoming season. The work being completed now plays an important role in setting us up for the best possible playing conditions this fall and winter.