Welcome to the grounds blog for Calumet Country Club, the source of information related to the maintenance and improvement of the golf course. Check here often throughout the year to learn about the work we do to provide the membership with the best possible golf conditions, look at interesting pictures from the course, get updates on the upcoming and ongoing projects, and get information about course conditions.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

#5 Approach Drainage

There's an old superintendent's adage that states that the three keys to good turf are drainage, drainage, and more drainage, so that's what we have been doing over the past few years.  Our latest project is a new line across the approach to number five green.  This is an area that holds puddles after rains, and tends to be very soft and wet even in dry periods.  We have installed 200 feet of new drainage lines that will hopefully help dry this area out and help get surface water off the fairway faster.  We should have this project completely wrapped up by the end of the day today.
When the bottom of your trench fills with water, you hit the right spot!
Backfilling the trench over the new pipe.

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