Drainage and more bunker work.

This week we installed drainage on #2 in the rough before the fairway. This is usually one of the wetter spots on the course so it was much needed. This drainage should not only help the area where it was installed, but  also keep the water from collecting where it has in the past, in the approach. This, along with the regrading done in front of the green side bunker to allow water to flow into the creek, should keep the hole much drier and improve playing conditions after rain events.

Drain lines dug. Notice the spoils in the background

Pipe installed and back filled with gravel. Notice the lack of spoils in the background. We graded it out to level the ground in that area.

After work on #2 was finished, we moved on to the green side bunker on #3. We finished peeling all the sod from the bunker face and surrounds and pulling out the remaining sand. We split the bunker into two smaller ones by extending the finger through the bunker. We still have to pull out the old drainage, install new drainage, sod, have the Billy Bunker System sprayed on and then add sand.

Bunker stripped.

Ridge dividing bunker. This will be built up with topsoil.

After all the snow melted we saw some very impressive disease on the golf course. The good news is that a majority of it was in the rough where we do not spray a snow mold preventative and the grass is longer, allowing snow mold a better climate to survive. The greens, tees and most of the fairways are pretty clean. If you're wondering why we don't spray the rough, it's because it would be extremely costly for a disease that is more cosmetic than deadly and furthermore, we rarely have snow cover for a long enough period of time to allow for such an outbreak. The rough will be back in shape in a few weeks once warmer weather helps the grass grow out of the damage. All that's left is for some of that warmer weather to get here.

Winter- 1 Rough-0

Ian