What an unusual winter we are having here. Normally we are looking out across the golf course and seeing snow but this has not been the case so far. I feel that this year is some what of some redemption from the past two snow seasons where minimal work has been done. We have been busy attacking our drainage issues on the golf course so that we can promote a firm playing surface. As you can see in the photos below our current project is installing drainage in 10 approach. I have noticed especially this past September that this area when wet from rain actually plugged golf balls. Because it was so close to the green it was on our priority list to take care of. During this process we were also trying to figure out why we have a wet spot in the rough just in front of the bunker. That problem was quickly solved when we excavated and found an old drainage pipe that had been cut off allowing the water to not drain any where, must have been from the old golf course.
Another task we have started when the weather cooperates is to verti-quake our fairways. This machine slices grooves into the soil about 6 inches deep which helps with re-leaving compaction and improving our drainage. We decided to start this as soon as possible because at just less than 1 mph it is going to take a long time.
