Drainage
The project is well under way as you probably have seen when you are playing golf, if you haven't seen the progress yet click on the link below to see a range of photos.
The trenches are to be left open, by that I mean the trenches are to have gravel up to the top and no soil/rootzone. By doing this it allows the surface water to enter the drain more quickly and they will eventually grow over, because the 11th suffers from surface water and not a high water table this is the desired design. The 11th area has natural or otherwise springs surfacing in several locations and looking at the photos you will see that there is only about 30cm of topsoil below this is heavy clay, suffice to say about 1.25mm of rain will water log this area which is compounded by the springs.
The conditions are proving to be challenging due to being very wet already however the team are very determined to complete ASAP
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11th Tee
The 11th tee is being completely rebuilt, it will benefit from new auto irrigation which we will install ourselves. The Tee will be elevated a further 30 cm or one foot and be 15m x 15m a total of 225 m2 much bigger than the old tee and further to the left by about 5 m the spoil from the drainage is being used to elevate the tee and construct gentle banks to the front and sides, these will be much easier to maintain.
The stone wall from the front of the old tee is to be recycled into a bridge in front of the yellow/social tee.
I would like to give thanks to the groundsmen for their continued efforts and support during the project and to the committee and members for their support and understanding.
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