With the major work on the expansions complete we are wasting no time moving on the next entry in our project agenda: Drainage. For any of you who didn't come across us on thirteen fairway, today marked the kick off our drainage installation project. Though we chose to work on thirteen fairway first because of it's proximity to the shop and it's status as a repeat offender when it comes to flooding, this fairway is far from the last that will know our trench diggers touch.
Over the fall season we will be installing more than 3,000 feet of drain tile over numerous fairways. This tile is intended to collect and direct water as it moves through the soil, helping us to reduce the amount of flooding we see on the same fairways year after year. While no amount of drainage can make any course immune to flooding, if we can increase the amount of water it takes to cause a flood then we can reduce the amount of flooding the course will see.
Similar to the housing market with the mantra: "Location, Location, Location", the golf course version could easily be: "Drainage, Drainage, Drainage!" Even at 3,000 feet, this will not be the end. My current plan is to be installing at least some additional drainage every year. No course can have enough, and we are already behind the mark.
Here's to dirty shovels.
See you on the course!
Elliott Dowling
