Drainage

#6 Greenside Drainage Project

The crew has been hard at work knocking several drainage projects off our list.  Two weeks ago, the wet area behind #6 green to the right of the bunker that guards the green was tackled.  This project will also indirectly firm up the approach at the bottom of the hill by catching any water coming down the hill.



Jorge and Baudellio excavating the new drainage channels on #11 approach.

After the project on #6 wrapped up, we moved our equipment to the approach on #11.  This area has always been one of our softer approaches due to relatively heavy shade from the trees found on the right side of this hole so we were pretty excited to finally have the opportunity to install some drainage here. 

Water moving through the freshly dug channels.

Once we started digging on #11, it quickly became apparent how much we are going to benefit from this project.  We did not have any rain coming down when this picture was taken but a sizable amount of water was already seeping into the trenches and quickly flowing down to the exit point where the catch basin is located. 

There are a few more exciting projects that we have been working on in other areas of the golf course, namely a bunker face renovation on #14 and an irrigation controller box upgrade on the South end of our practice facility.  I have another post that I am working on in which I cover these things in detail, but here is a quick preview!



Busting up the concrete platform to make room for the new setup.

 

 

Trenching for sub-surface irrigation pipe on #14 greenside bunker face