Fairway Drainage

The drainage installation in the fairways was completed last week. The process begins with the sod removal. Trenching then takes place. As the trencher moves dirt comes to the top and is removed by hand to leave an open and clean trench. In the trench a four inch, perforated pipe is installed along with a wire (the wire is used later to locate the pipe if needed). The pipe and wire is then backfilled with a sand/compost mix and compacted. After compaction, the sod is re-laid and later rolled. 


So far, with the recent rains, the areas are drier. The areas that were focused on were: 4, 9, 10 and 17 fairways.











Additional drainage was also installed, to a limited degree, in 7 fw and 15 approach, while 14 approach received extensive work.  The work on 14 included the removal of sod, re-grading, and the installation of drain tile. Afterwards the the sod was re-laid. This area will be ready for play in the spring.