you’ll see the location of bays & shaping of the greens starting to come together. Ideally by end of week all green complexes will be much more visible. Looking like a great outfield area.
Practice Facility Development
Week one completed of the facility development project. Opened up the outfield visually creating a huge space for play.
Looking back up the facility after the first week has seen groundwork commence. Fingers crossed for good weather timeline for completion end of May/early June.
Dear Members,
As you are aware we have not commenced the construction of the Practice facility due to the inclement weather.
Please find our revised schedule of works.
Thursday 4th April – introduction of the boundary posts on the practice area which will come into play from opening day.
Please note the area is marked with plastic poles these will be replaced with timber boundary posts upon development completion.
The practice area will become an internal out of bounds from 6th April marked by the white posts!!
8th April – Practice Area will be closed and Trackman studio made available to members free of charge during this period via booking in the Professional shop subject to availability.
Monday 8th-Friday 12th April – Tree Surgery Commences – 10,000 Titleist range balls arriving & 2000 Pro V1’s land.
Monday 15th Ground works commence on Practice area – timeline 3 weeks completion.
Monday 29th April Range Construction commences & ball dispenser and washer installation
May 6th Huxley Greens installed & works competed 20th May
Facility Opening Mid June.
Fingers crossed 🤞
Regards,
James Erskine
Club Professional
After our Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on 11/02/24, the motion for the proposed practice facility at our golf club has been successfully passed. This is a significant step forward for our club and its members. We are grateful for the overwhelming support shown by each one of you. Your participation and enthusiasm are truly appreciated. – Mr J M Boyd, Captain
Golfers in the “forgotten corner” of Scotland have been handed a huge boost after it was revealed that funding has been secured for a new state-of-the-art practice facility in the south of the country.
The exciting project unveiled by Dumfries & County Golf Club includes a four-bay range, four-hole academy course and a short-game area – all utilising Huxley Golf artificial surfaces – with the aim being to “foster the development of golf in our area”.
– THE SCOTSMAN. READ MORE
An example of the bay construction, please note the design will be of steel
structure opposed to timber. The wedge course will look upon completion, 4 holes
varying in length from 50-100 yards.
These greens will run at a stimp of 6-8 and react similar to a grass green. The course design will allow multi play to greens from varying tees. The location of the short game area & example of the product. This green will run around 10 on the stimp with multiple chipping stations.
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Progress updates will be posted here!