All tee pads are complete!
 

We ran into Ralph __? lounging in the shade of the tree near the 17th tee after he had completed the concrete work for the tee pads on #17 & #18.:yay: He said they would be usable by today 08/14/2010. Thanks Ralph.
#18 is reportedly 600ft or so.
There has been a lot of great work out there and their was a youth group doing some clean-up around the newly added third pin position on #9 -Thanks to them. This course is awesome for my noodly appendage and right now it is fun and safe. The nasty convoluted mud zone between #1  has been leveled. The marsh on #4 is mowed and playable. The canal along #5 and #8 is mostly dry and there is a new bridge on #8 to get easily across the canal. A bunch of other leveling has been done elsewhere and the weeds surrounding #17 have be cleared. Many thanks to everyone who has helped build this course. Maybe Springfield will be next.
:cheers:
Mike

That's excellent news! It's wonderful to see the Grove continue to develop :) The new hole 18 does raise one question, though.. what's Par? By Blue-level standards, it should be Par 4 (any zero-elevation change, light foliage hole of >450ft. cannot be Par 3 by the Blue-level standards). Thoughts?