*Note to self and any other admin of the website. This text is only context to what's being done daily/ weekly so if we want to publish this page we have this to look at to write a piece on it, Text is only roughly what happened*
Week 1
Course works commenced on Wednesday 18th January 2023. The 2nd hole was the first hole to see work beginning on. Within several hours all trees along the left hand side of the entire fairway were removed. Monday 23rd - dirt was brought out from the waste area to the right of the 2nd hole to be used to build up the mounding up the left hand side of the entire hole. Wednesday 25th - The bunker 220 yards from the 2nd tee was filled in. The bunker located 120 yards short of the green has been filled in. Thursday 26th - 2 new bunkers have be carved out, the first one is located 90 yards short of the green and is positioned just right of the centre of the fairway. The second one is located 15 yards short of the green and its on the left edge of the fairway.
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Railway Shelter |
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Picture from the 10th tee showing the enhanced view of the Mourne Mountains just after all trees where removed.
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The small sets of trees/ bushes being removed along the entire left hand side of the 2nd hole.
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Day 1 view of the first set of trees o the second completely down.
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View of the second hole from the 12th tee.
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A fairway bunker strategically being built 100yards short of the 2nd green, located 15 yards after the old fairway bunker was filled in.
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Revetted bunker being built 15 yards short of the green
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Week 2
6 days have past and DAR Golf have already moved onto 3rd hole. They started of on the right hand side of the hole where they removed ALL trees and bushes, in the process opening up the entire right hand side of the 3rd hole. The left hand side was next and the whins and large set of trees where completely removed. Mounting on both sides of the fairway (Where the trees/ bushes were) was creating with top soil and is ready to be seeded when necessary.
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Quarry |
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Trees and bushes being removed on the right hand side of the 3rd fairway.
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View of the 3rd hole from the tee box.
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View of the new mounts to the right of the 3rd fairway and too the right of the 8th green
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View of Slieve Foye from the middle of the 3rd fairway, This view was non existent when the trees where there.
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View of the 3rd fairway before the water from the 4th tee box.
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view from on top of the new mounts on the left hand side of the 3rd fairway.
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