Exciting news on the HR front!
Hey DGCR gang, it's been a minute since I've been around. Family life is keeping me pretty busy with soccer, gymnastics, and still working towards getting our barndominium ready for use as an AirBnB rental.
Anyway, we're in the process of executing a small land swap with a neighbor that will have a big impact on the course. We're giving up 3.5 acres at the far north edge of our property in exchange for 3.5 acres along the north side of our driveway. Admittedly, I did have holes designed for the land I'm giving up and I was excited about their prospects. Seriously, the signature holes of them was going to be EPIC. That said, I also realized it would take a massive amount of hole construction just to gain access to that space. I was likely YEARS away from having the time and resources to get those holes built. An opportunity arose that just simply makes more sense for all parties. My neighbor will increase the length of property line where his two parcels touch as well as gain better access for his cows to and from the multicolor barn shown to the east of the triangular shaped parcel in the attached image.
The land we're gaining has a much nicer stand of hardwood trees (oak, hickory, etc. vs. the northern parcel which was entirely cedars), gives us a nice buffer on a long section at the side of our driveway, AND will be instantly accessible for new hole construction. I'm currently looking for 2 or 3 more DisCatcher Pros for these additional holes on this new parcel. Additions will include expanding existing hole 4 from its current length of 700' to somewhere around 900-1000' as well as adding a 400'-ish downhill (-45' elev.) bomb through the trees with a small pond in play near the green. The addition of 1 or 2 holes working back up the hill will bring you right back to the tee for what is currently hole 5.
The surveyor will be here Monday which is the first step to getting this swap going.
I'm excited to get this next stage of Hidden Ridge rolling.