Bunker work and overflow repair.

This week we concentrated on catching up on mowing and getting some detail work done. The guys got the bunkers edged this week and we started adding some fresh sand to areas that needed it today. Tomorrow we will keep adding sand to areas that need it, which will help keep the bunkers consistent and playable. This year we are going to try weed-eating the bunker edges instead of using the more aggressive edger with a metal disk that we have used in years past. We did this because it is a much less labor intensive process and we think that the results are just as good. 

You may have noticed that the pond on #5 was very low today. That is because we opened a valve and drained the pond down below the cracks in the overflow. Once the water was below the cracks, we used hydraulic cement to fill the cracks from the outside. Additionally, we filled the cracks from the inside with expanding foam. We had to wait until the water was below the cracks because, if we didn't the force of the water flowing through the crack would have pushed the products we were using through the openings before they were able to solidify. The cement and foam will dry tonight and tomorrow morning we will re-fill the pond with irrigation water and hopefully not have to deal with this again for a long time. One of our guys, Joe Bodziak, deserves a lot of credit in this job. He was in the pond to open the valve, which he had to do while treading water (in his own wet suit that he bought just for jobs like this because he was sick of getting his clothes soaked) and cementing the crack most of the day today and some of the day yesterday. Working with guys like Joe makes this job a lot more fun and we're glad he's on our crew. 

The valve in the bottom of the overflow draining the pond.

 Joe filling the crack in the overflow with hydraulic cement.

As you can see, we had to drain a majority of the water out of the pond. 

I feel like I end every post with this but, hopefully we won't get too much of the rain they are calling for in the next few days and you guys can enjoy opening day. 

Ian