Heavy rains on the last day of May flooded #13 and the turf stayed underwater for six to eight hours. The silt and tree debris left behind took four days to clean up (the date stamp is not correct).
By mid-July, the dry conditions easily identified poor performing sprinklers.
Nothing new........... water is crucial to the success of a golf course. Too much or too little influences the daily maintenance routine. Currently, the maintenance effort is focused on replacing broken lateral valves that are limiting the supply of water to the sprinklers in several parts of the golf course. The deterioration of our twenty-five year old irrigation system is keeping us on our toes.
Digging up lateral valves is not a simple task. Most of the irrigation lines are three to five feet below ground. A rented mini-excavator, two employees, eight sheets of plywood and a lot of sweat are necessary as the old valves are uncovered and the new valves installed. Currently, we have eleven isolation valves that have broken handles. Most of these valves are in the closed position so water flow is only available from the opposite end of the lateral loop. We are one a mission to catch up with all the irrigation issues that are affecting the appearance of the golf course.
