Fwd: Drainage 15 fairway

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> No wonder our soil doesn't drain. That stuff is potting clay.
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> Installing a French drain in 15 fairway.
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Irrigation repair

We are waiting on a part for this 30 year old 6" gate valve. I decided to replace the parts instead of a new replacement. Usually I would just replace a valve like this, but the current valve is incased in concrete and we would have to dig a hole that would be able to fit the average size house in GLand in it. Hopefully the part will get here soon.

Drainage project.

I would like to finish this drainage project on 15 in the next couple of weeks. We have to wait until the ground isn't frozen to cut the sod and start digging.

We also have pre-emerg herbicides to start spraying for summer crabgrass control along with some tree removal, planting on 2 and capital projects like forward tees and cart path repair. It's about to start getting busy.

Winter

The winter weather has set in. I do have some bunker work that I would like to get done, but the bunkers have been frozen most of the day.....and they will stay frozen for a while.

We may get into some drainage work next week. We have to install an extension on a drain to the right of 11 green. We also have to install a big French drain in the low area in 15 fairway. It's just hard to get out there and complete this stuff when the course stays this wet.

Rain!

It is really wet out there. A lot of the bunkers are washed out and it's too wet to get any machines to the bunkers. Hopefully it starts to dry out soon and we can get to them.

Brent Graham, CGCS
Director of Golf Maintenance
Two Rivers Country Club
1950 Two Rivers Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Cell: 757-592-0840
Office: 757-258-4606
Bgraham@tworiversclub.com
Governorsland.com

Paint

We finished another application of pigment on the fairways this week. This time I added just a hint of paint to see if it will help hold color a little longer.

I'm not thrilled about the color....looks a little more blue than green, but I think it still works. It looked a lot better the first time because the grass wasn't completely dormant. I still have had a lot of positive feedback. It helps give some definition between fairways and rough.

The pigment runs about $1200 per application. If we were to paint it would be about $20k. The paint would hold up throughout the winter and have a more green color, but I figure we might need about 5 applications of pigment through the winter. $6K is a lot better than $20k.