When you are on #10, check out the volume of water flowing in this trench! It is incredible that this much water was coming to the surface.
A trencher was rented locally to dig the drains. Once pipe is installed tomorrow, we'll cap the ditch off with clean sand and then prepare the area for sod.
The culprit on #10 was this crushed 6" drain line as well as an old terracotta drain tile that was leaking water to the surface. As much as I didn't want to do this work during the season, we are left with no choice. We will also be trenching new drainage on #11 at the base of the hill. After 26" of rain in a 2 week period, the ground is just saturated with no where for water to go but above ground. We will have these areas repaired and sodded within the next week. Projects like this use a considerable amount of man power...labor that is being pulled from other projects and tasks around the property. Again, this is very much needed because it doesn't appear to be drying up on its own.
New sod on #17 Jones tee- as good as it looks now, it will deteriorate with time due to the lack of sunlight. Unfortunately there is no magic turf that can withstand this growing environment. Tree removal isn't an option here because regardless of what is removed on golf course property, the trees and mountain opposite Moorewood Road creates most of these issues. Tree removal might help with air flow but won't do much to increase sun exposure. The same scenario can be said of #3 Jones tee. This is one of those scenarios where we simply have to deal with it and resod the tee as needed.