Drainage work on #3 and 6 Greens

     We have been busy this week working on some much need drainage around # 3 and # 6 greens.  The back left of 3 green has been a issue for some time now.  We went in with a track hoe and installed french drain with laterals.  While digging out the drain we discovered a lot of sandstone rock.  Looks like the water is traveling on top of the rock layer.  The layer is 10 to 12 inches deep.  It was a difficult project because we were working around the irrigation lines for the green.  We seed and strawed the trench.  The area is marked as ground under repair.

Digging #3

Drain line and gravel installed #3

#3 ready for seed

#3 finished

     #6 was not as big a project as #3.  We had a broken drain line near the back right sprinkler head.  We dug up the bad section added some laterals and seeded and strawed this section.  The areas is marked as ground under repair also.

 Drain line and gravel installed #6

 We put in 3 laterals in #6

#6 finished

  We have 4 more greens we will be fixing drainage issues.  # 7, #9, #14, and #17.  Hopefully mother nature will give us more great working weather this winter to get this much needed project completed.