17th drainage

The area around the 13th green was finished first thing this morning in minus 10 degrees Celsius, then we moved on to the 17th hole. This has been severely wet for some time so an extensive drainage design was necessary. There are some old drains that were installed 25 years ago which when investigated they were reasonably clean deep down. To save costs we are digging out on top of the old drains re stoning and piping and putting back new root zone material. Half of the overall drainage on the 17th is on top of the old drains and the rest is new drain runs. Overall 450 meters will be installed around the 17th. Today we planned out the installation and began digging the first run.

 

Once the rest of the team had finished on the 13th they continued to remove the hedge between 18 and 19. Adam serviced the Toro fairway units, grinding the cylinders ready for reassembly