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Construction on The Wilderness at Fortune Bay


Apparently I’m getting rusty when it comes to reporting Minnesota golf course news, as I completely missed the fact that my home course, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, is doing a little construction in the off season. Good thing I actually read the course newsletter this month…

Our superintendent Vince Dodge writes:

A few of the projects that will be noticeable to the golfing public next season will be the addition of a new white tee on 3 as well as a white tee enlargement on 7. These two tees in particular have taken a beating from heavy wear in past years and the additional teeing area should help us to avoid this in the future. In addition, the new tee on 3 offers a different angle and overall feel of the hole that should be of interest in coming years.

Seven tee is expected to re-open in June, while the new white tee on three should open in August. It also looked like there was some drain work being done on eight fairway, near the 100 yard marker.

I took a rather melancholy walk around the course this afternoon with the camera. Today would have been a great day to play, with nice fall temps and still perfect tees and fairways. A few shots of the construction zones, along with a few other holes (all covered up and waiting for winter), after the jump.

Originally published by DK on October 24, 2011 at 7:20 pm in Golf, Mini Posts


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