Jaycee Golf Course Renovations

Jim Crites piles logs to be burned along the 17th fairway Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009, at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. (Kit Doyle)

Aaron Sykes, a frequent player at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course, takes a shot Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009. Sykes is eager to see the improvements to the course. (Kit Doyle)

Trees that once bordered the fourth fairway burn Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009, at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. (Kit Doyle)

Jim Crites puts his down his chainsaw before moving logs along the 17th fairway Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009, at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Crites and other city workers are beginning renovations to the course, which are made possible by the parks tax. (Kit Doyle)

Aaron Collier braves the cold and chips onto the sixth hole winter green Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009, at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The lake behind Collier will be expanded as part of renovations to the course. (Kit Doyle)

The parks tax passed in 2008 will allow for renovations at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. (Kit Doyle)

Workers with Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation clear downed trees on the 17th fairway Wednesday morning, January 21, 2009, at the Cape Girardeau Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. The 17th hole will be shortened some as part of renovations. (Kit Doyle)