Drainage - 18th Green

This week we started a couple of drainage projects, one on the 12^th green, which I will cover in a later post and another on the 18^th green.

We have been concerned for some time about the amount of standing water in the hollow on the right-hand side of the 18^th green.

So this week, we decided to excavated the hollow and investigate.

It had been thought that there was drain in the hollow but after excavating down all we discovered was a sump filled with rubble.

Turf and top soil removed - exposing the water level

It was quite clear that the sump had only been installed to assist in draining the small hollow on this side of the green.

Unfortunately, like many other areas of the course, it simply has not been able to cope with the constant deluges of rain, experienced this year.

In an effort to assist the drainage in the hollow, we have increased the size of the sump and back-filled the hollow with clean gravel.

Increasing the size and depth of the drainage sump

Even with the sump dimensions increased - more flooding

I don’t expect it will make a great deal of difference but it should at least help the surface water drain away a little  quicker.