This year's drainage project is underway, and work began near the green on Grove #1. This has been a problem area since last year when we set a new precipitation record and progressively got worse this spring with the excessive rainfall. A significant amount of water is seeping from the hillside along the right side of the cart path and draining over the top and underneath the path. The runoff made a soupy mess of the fairway and approach in the areas we had to rope off because there wasn't drainage to collect the excess water. To correct the problem we had the contractor install new drain lines and clean gravel along the base of the hill to the right of the cart path. The new drains will intercept the water before it reaches the cart path and move it off property. The new drainage is already helping to dry the area out and the contractor will resume work after the Men's Invitational. Grove #1 and #6, and Orchard #1 are the three holes with the greatest need of drainage and will be addressed as quickly as possible.
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The contractor is digging test holes on Grove #1 to find existing drainage. If they find any we can flush the pipes to determine their functionality and may not require as much new drainage in a given area.
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| Another test hole that found an old drainage basin, but it wasn't connected to anything. |
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Installing 4" corrugated drain pipe and gravel to the right of Grove #1 green.
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| We found an old drain line coming out of the hill that still worked and connected it to the new line running along the cart path. |
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| We decided to install a drain line along the left side of the cart path before the green to prevent additional water from running onto the the fairway and approach. |
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| Working away from the green on Grove #1 and the ditch is already catching water seeping from the hillside. This is before any pipe or gravel are installed. |
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