DRAINAGE

After cleaning up from the storm damage, we began working on other projects. One of those projects was to add drainage to several fairways. On this project, which required the digging of trenches, we used a new piece of equipment called the Shelton. You may notice sand viens on fairway number one, five and ten. The Shelton cuts a two inch wide by eight inch deep trench and then it removes the soil by using a conveyor belt and back fills the trench with sand - all in one process. The fairways mentioned were completed first because they stay saturated during the fall and early spring when the Zoysia grass is not using the water. This winter, as time and weather permit, additional drainage will be added to prompt the water to exit the playing field once it is off the surface.

Drainage is also being added to several approaches. Due to the abundant amount of rain, it was noticed that some of our approaches were not draining as quickly as we felt they should. Not much of a problem unless an approach shot was not releasing from the approach onto the green. The process we are using should dry out the sub-surface by pulling the excess water from the clay, which in turn, will firm up the surface, allowing shots to release onto the green. The picture above shows work on number nine approach.