It was just a thought.

Mike, not really. Alan has been covering your butt. I would like to see if you could put a board down the middle(under) of the bridge for more support. Thanks.

The problem with rebuilding the wall with stones is that without concrete the rocks will just wash away again. We need a solid barrier between the water the soil and it would help if the wall was inbedded (sp) in the floor of the creek. The best way to rebuild would be to divert the creek away from the soil and dig about 12 inches into the creek bed and install the stones with so major overlapping so the stones act like shingles. if water gets flows behind the wall it will just wash away. I have been looking into some cheap materials to rebuild the wall. Railroad ties would be good and we can probably get them for free. If we do the stone wall again we will almost have to use concrete. Chris if you want to brain storm on the idea or get together to work on the wall let me know when you have some free time. I have been meaning to get down there to work but doing the wall with one person is a waste of time. You can do alot more with two or more people. Also do you have a weed wacker (he said wacker) I do not have one anymore. You can reach me at 513-520-1432

John Kuhns
a.k.a BIGBOY

I'm going to take my trimmer down this morning and clear out some stuff. I dug out some brush and honeysuckle off the right side of the fairway and I wanted to clean the rest of that up. I also wanted to clear things up around the two small bridges so they would be easier to use.

I started on the right side because there was more to do, but I plan on doing the left also. I've got some other ideas for 11 that I need to think through completely. I would like to do something on the left hand side after you cross the bridge. That's kind of a waste area and I would like to move some dirt in there to smooth things out. The only problem is that I don't know what it looks like when the creek is up.

Rob, I put 8 cinder blocks on short 14 for you. They are right behind the Tee bench, you can't miss them. Also, For anyone who plays in the pro division, who happens to be reading this message and, is planning on playing Idlewild"s course challenge next Saturday; may want to get there earlier than usual and, play 16's new long placement. It is now on the peninsula between 16 and 11, 410 feet from the tee.

Fred, i've noticed some telephone poles have been dropped off at the edge of the parking lot near hole 15's fairway. Do you know if the Park is doing something with those or if they're for a project on the course ...?

Chris and John, would you guys be interested in building a rock bridge over the creek on your hole. I can try to get a bunch of us out there to help. I think it would be really cool and unique. So, what do you think?

Ahh.. i have heard my name summonded and my voice to be opinionated and the request shall be granted. True it must, the poles and rocks shall be gathered for bridge building and dam constructing and other such admiral projects. I too am a fordimal opponent of waverly telephone poles for they use to be trees. I shall bring sharp instruments and cutting tools to hack hack hack away at the large girth of the circular round wood. Concerned here! Freddy, make sure you bring a chainsaw and Philly Cheez as well. All must do there part and coalition is a must. We need several to lift the heavy timbers as one cuts through the pole with the mighty blade. Wheelbarrels shall also help moving boulders from one side to another. Don't forget the Snyders Pretzels...I need the crunch crunch munch during the mission. Get back to me robj! Got to go..need to return a blanky I bought on the internet...As awlays "Let those sweet babies soar"....I'm out.

Fred had to leave do to work after hole 10. Bob won with a 67, I shot a 74, and Chuck shot a 77 (from the longs). Chuck liked the course and said he knew it had the potential to become special when he visited in 1998. One funny thing that happened was before we tee'd off on 13 he said he liked the fairway for the short, but thought maybe it should be a little wider for the long (the narrower part to the left of the short pin). Then Bob, Chuck and I all proceeded to hit the gap for nice drives. Chuck said he was glad Fred hadn't been there to witness that :) Then, we all 4'ed 13 long with short putts. He also thought 16 could benefit from the removal of a few more trees to be a spectacular hole.

Chuck tends to evaluate courses with a model that looks at how it plays for all skill levels, and he has a really cool computer program which evaluates holes and then predicts the average score on them and recommends changes based on predicted and actual scores and score dispersions. He said that since our area had so many courses, a course made specificly for top pros made sense.

Bob was able to spend more time with Chuck at Subway than i -- i had to run in order to go into work.

those are some of my impressions of Chuck's impressions -- but to get the scoop ask him :)

Maybe we can get in on the ground floor of this: http://pdga.com/ - kinda good timing, eh?

No, I don't think this will result in an evaluation. But we should go ahead and do whatever we need to do to get one. I didn't read it all.