It's at this point I'd like to again thank the membership and visitors for their patience and understanding whilst we carried out these essential works.
The draining of the fairway's, consisting of 1400 linear metres was carried out in ten working days, this is a tremendous effort by both the contractors & the greenstaff. Engaging contractors with the equipment, expertise and professionalism has helped deliver the project on time and with disruption and damage around the golf course kept to a minimum.
Keeping the damage around the course to a minimum level was one of the main deciding reasons to carry out the work at this time of year, with the added factor that the drainage can be functioning when the wet weather arrives.
All the lateral drain lines have been topped up with rootzone & seeded with the main outlet drain across all 3 fairways turfed, these areas are now subject to local rules giving 'lift & place' and I would ask everyone to help these areas establish by using these rulings and not playing from these areas. Boards have also been placed across the turfed areas to use for crossing that will again help the turf to establish.
As part of the project a new outlet is being added to the area behind the 10th medal tee. After investigating the suitability of the current drain there it was felt it would be unable to cope with increased volumes of water, as most members know it often fills up during periods of wet weather giving us an unwanted water feature on the golf course.
The new outlet is being directed into the open ditch on the 10th carry.
Drainage has also been added on the other side of the ditch to help improve this area.
In my initial post on this project I commented on being prepared to find some interesting things as we went and after discovering the shallow depth of the existing drainage pipe that wouldn't have been able to function as we went along the amount of tree roots that were evident in the existing drainage pipe was also playing a major role in the drains being unable to work.
The pictures below show sections of root mass removed against the main drainage pipe that has been installed, the pipe is 225mm in diameter. Moving forward to preserve the continued performance of the drainage system this is an issue we will have to tackle.
So the first instalment of this years drainage work is now complete and work will begin soon on the greens drainage. The continued investment on the course will mean an improvement in turf quality, playability and appearance.
Thanks again for your patience & understanding whilst we carry out these works around the course.
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