Last week, even though it was another partial week, was a very busy and productive one. The picture below shows that our maintenance crew was hard at work rerouting the water line around #15 green. We did this in order to get better sprinkler head coverage. The way the sprinkler heads were laid out before one of the heads was behind the bunker shown in the picture, almost 15 yards from the green surface. This distance caused a dry spot in the center of the green because of the inadequate spacing of the heads. We tried changing nozzles to help the head throw the water farther, but we still couldn't get the coverage that we needed. So we trenched a new water line between the green and the bunker which allowed us to move 2 of the sprinkler heads closer to the green and get the water coverage that we desired.
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| Installing new water line #15 green |
The greens project is coming along great. Even with still just one crew last week, since it was a partial week, the contractor was able to core out and prep #16 green last week. This picture shows them giving #16 the final "finish rake" before they lay the sod on.
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| Finish raking #16 green |
This week the contractor did add another crew to the project. So they were able to core out and get #15 ready for sod, and they have cored out #10 and are putting the drainage in it as I type this. We always need at least 2 greens completely ready for sod when we get a truckload because of the amount they can fit on a truck. A truck load was here this morning when I pulled in and that will sod #15 & 16 today. That will mean 4 greens are completely finished with another one about half way. Not bad for the unpredictable weather of December and January.
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| Installing the gravel layer in #15 green |
Another part of the project that got finished this week was sodding the remaining parts of #11 approach and the green surround.
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| Sodding #11 Approach |
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