If you played golf on Thursday you probably noticed us working with an excavator on some drainage repairs. Some of the older drains that are situated near trees have been damaged by tree roots. On the 3rd hole we replaced a drain next to some poplar trees that had been completley plugged with roots. This drain tile was the main feeder line from the 3rd tee and 4th green complexes. Tree roots are incredibly good at invading drain tile. They can find their way into every opening, connection and hole that is in the pipe. In the picture here you will see what I mean. The roots have made a fully functioning drainage system non existent. Once the area was trenched we removed the old pipe and lined the trench with a synthetic liner, then installed new solid drain tile, with minimal connections. This should give us some longevity out of this drainage system.
With the great weather that we have had the last two days, we were able to get the tees shaped and all of the tee mix out to the tees. In this picture here, Derek Vergeer (our contractor) is finish grading #2 Tee to be ready for sod. Unfortunately the forecast is for rain the next couple of days and could hold us up for a bit. We are doing out best to complete these projects in a timely manner, of course with this blog we will keep you updated.
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