Wake Forest Athletics
New Golf Center Construction - UPDATE
9/2/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The construction process of the new golf facility on campus is flying along. It seemed like the process just started last week and the workers are now almost ready to start laying sod.
The final shaping of the land is taking place this week and the irrigation system is being put down. The workers are also shaping the land for the practice greens. If everything goes to plan, the sod will begin to be laid down sometime next week.
Phase one of the project also includes the new indoor hitting center. Construction on that will begin once the land is shaped and sodded. Hopefully, the building will be completed in time for the team to use it this spring. It will feature hitting bays with a full range of cameras to analyze the swing. It will also have a putting room that will have a number of cameras as well.
The second phase of the process will be the construction of the Golf House. The state-of-the-art facility will house offices for both coaches, separate team locker rooms as well as an indoor putting green and a club repair room.
Stay tuned to WakeForestSports.com for more photos of the construction process.
September 2, 2009
Large nets were placed around the corner of the range to protect the facility maintenance buildings from miss-hits.
This is where the old putting green used to be. This will be a new berumda grass green that will be sodded next week.
Looking out over the range from the old putting green. The green in the middle of the screen is one of the two new practice greens that will be seeded.
The Wake Forest flag is proudly flying atop one of the center poles.
Looking at the center of the new range from where the left field foul pole used to stand.
From the end of the range looking at the current facility. There will also be a practice tee located at this end of the range.
From the end of the range looking at where the new hitting bay and Golf House will be located. Also looking at where Gene Hooks Stadium used to sit.
A look from where the new indoor hitting bays will be located.
The view from the new practice tee. This is where the right field line of Gene Hook Field used to be.
August 24, 2009
A look at what the new hitting bay will look like.
An overview of the new range layout.
A look at where the putting green used to be.
A look down the range from the old putting green.
The view from the old practice tee.
Looking down the left side of the range where a number of trees have been cleared away.
A look back at the current facility.
Looking at the range from what used to be third base at Gene Hooks Field.
The area where the new Golf House and Indoor Hitting Bay will be.
Dianne Dailey and Jerry Haas were out taking a look at the construction last week.
August 17, 2009
A view down the entrance road to the current golf facility.
What is left of one of the old target greens.
Workers shaping the land where the left-center field wall of Gene Hooks Stadium used to stand.
A look out over where the infield of Gene Hooks Stadium used to be.
Workers clearing trees from left of the old driving range.
Workers tearing-up the old target greens.
A view from the practice tee.
July 21, 2009
Far right end of the current driving range looking at where the baseball scoreboard used to be.
A view from what used to be left center field looking at the infield.
A look down the warning track from left center towards center field.
Looking out from where home plate used to be.
Looking in from atop what used to be the pitchers mound.
Area where the grandstands of Gene Hooks Stadium used to be.
The last remaining bricks from the grandstands.
Large mounds of dirt that will be used to shape the land for the target greens.
A look back from center field at where Gene Hooks Stadium used to be.
