We are making another mess. The wet area on at the bottom of the hill on 15 fairway, is much worse this year than it typically is. So bad that the water forced the turf to turn into a bubble in the intermediate rough. When we started, we had no idea what kind of drainage existed in that area, so we dug where the bubble had formed. What we found was two clay tiles coming together with one draining nicely and the other not working, and this left the water with no where to go but up to the surface. After cleaning out one section of the pipe, we found another break in the pipe in the middle of the fairway, and we hoped that by fixing this break and clog, the problem would be remedied, but it wasn't. Instead of trying to follow a drain line that could be over 75 years old and trying to fix every break or clog in the pipe, we are going to reroute this water to pipes that are newer and flowing well. This drainage project should be completed today, and we are going to try to get the big hole on #3 closed up before the weekend.
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| The beginnings of our mess. (The pipe you can see is not the culprit) |
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| This one IS the culprit. |
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