Today, we've got all hands on deck on #8. While the ground is frozen solid in the morning, we use that time to haul in gravel and sand to fill our ditches. Once the sun gets up and the ground starts thawing, it's very difficult to get equipment in and out of the area.
Above, we are hauling off the material that was excavated to find the old galvanized steel culvert below the green. This material is very rocky and muddy and isn't worth leaving in place. That large hole will be backfilled with several feet of gravel and then a foot of sand medium.
On the left side of the green, the ditches are topped off with 80/20 sand: peat mix and packed with a vibratory packer. This is the critical piece so the ditches don't settle. The area between the green and the bank was also regraded so it's now possible to get a wedge under a golf ball should you miss the green to the left.