The Ford Plantation Restoration Update: April, 26, 2014

The first sod square installed.

A look at 17 green

Looking down 18 from the tee

The club house from 17 tee

Seepage drainage installation at 14 fairway

More seepage drainage at 14 fairway

A look at the waste area at 14 and 13 green in the distance

cart path installation at 12 tee complex

#4 golf hole

#3 green being shaped in

Grass installation at 7

Grass installation at 9 tee

A look at the new 7 green

The left side green side bunkers at 7

#8 golf hole

The new green and bunker at 8

The new 9 tee complex

Press Release: TFP's Equipment Manager Alan Bussey Elected to International Board of Directors

International Golf Course Equipment Managers Association Name Officers and Board

Mike Kriz of Arrowhead Golf Club in Rapid City, S.D., was elected as the association's next president. Serving as vice president will be Henry Heinz of Belfair Plantation Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C.. Serving as secretary/treasurer will be John Weidler of Ironbridge Golf Club in Glenwood Springs, Colo. John Patterson of PGA National Golf Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is the association's immediate past president.

Hector Velazquez was elected to the board of directors will be joined by Bret Hart of Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y., Scott Sanderson of Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown, N.H., Chris Rapp of Bellerive Country Club - St.Louis, Mo., Luke Spartalis of The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, Adam Thompson of Commonwealth Golf Club in Victoria, Australia, Alan Bussey of The Ford Plantation in Richmond Hill, Ga., and Kenneth Meals of Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.

April Update for the Pete Dye TFP Golf Course

A new practice chipping green behind the club.

A look down 18 golf hole from the clubhouse. 

The waste bunker at 18 fairway.

A closer look at some of the fairway shaping by Pete Dye.

#17 green complex.

Irrigation work at 16.

A view of the clubhouse from 16 fairway.

The tee complex at 17.

The tee complex at 14.

Irrigation work at 16.

A view of Lake Clara.

Seepage drainage being installed at 13 fairway.

A closer look at the seepage drainage system at 13. 

The tee complex at 13. 

Waste bunker development at 14.

Waste bunker development at 14. 

Waste bunker drainage. 

The tee complex at #1. 

The new waste bunker to the right of #1 green.

#2 fairway.

#2 green.

Waste bunker development at #3 fairway.

#3 waste area.

A final look at the waste area at #3.