Dry weather

What a difference a few weeks can make! We went from extremely wet to dry in a hurry. I'm sure you guys are all enjoying this as the course is quite firm and play-ability is much improved. We have been able to get a lot of work done with the drier weather and it is nice to feel like we're improving the course again, instead of just trying to get it back into playing condition after yet another rainfall. We finished planting trees, started topdressing rough areas and fixed some irrigation problems. 

When it rains everyday and the course is constantly wet it's tough to work on the irrigation system. It's difficult to find leaks when it's always raining because it's difficult to discern between an irrigation leak and a spot that is just wet because of rain. Once it quits raining and you still have a wet spot, then you likely have an irrigation leak. The same is true of irrigation heads. When it rains so much that we don't have to run the irrigation, we don't know what heads aren't working properly. So, when we start watering and notice dry spots by heads, we know that something is wrong. Either way a bit of simple trouble shooting usually gets us to the cause of the problem. So far we have found two leaks, about a dozen heads malfunctioning and some satellites not working properly. It's nice to get these things picked off. 

One example of a head not working properly. The head on the left was decapitated, likely by a mower, and as a result is more of a geyser than irrigation head. 

Irrigation leak at range. Fixing leaky Ts is the worst. 

I forgot to mention it last week in the prism post but, if you notice anything on the course that you feel needs addressed please let us know. You can email me or submit a comment on the blog. Though we try, we don't notice everything and it's easy for us to miss things like broken prisms or O.B. stakes that are out of place. So, please let us know and we'll be glad to take care of it. 

Ian