#12 drain project

Once again, Mother Nature wins. We have been dealing with the water coming out of the ground and across the cart path on #12 for too long. We will be starting a project soon to capture it in the rough, get it into a drain pipe and out through a bunker drain.

First, we will trench a drain line perpendicular to the flow coming from 11 towards 12 fairway. All water flowing down towards 12 will cross this new drain and be diverted into a drain pipe. Our expectation is that there is an old, existing drain pipe that is still functioning somewhere in this vicinity, to the left of the cart path (we found the old pipe on the other side of 12 fairway already). Once we explore and (hopefully) find this old pipe, we will attach our new pipe to it and this will take the water across the fairway.

Next, starting in the holes we have already dug on the right side of #12, we will add new pipe. This is where our initial attempt to diagnose the issue started. The outflow side of this old pipe is no longer working from where our hole is, downward. We will tap in here with a new pipe and trench it over towards the fairway bunkers. We will then tap into the bunker drainage, which we know works, to move the water out. This is not a day long project, so please be patient with the work and guaranteed mess. We will get it wrapped up as quickly as possible.

While this has been an abnormally wet summer, we know from the past that water will come from this same area to the left of 12 even in drier times. This season Mother Nature has pushed to the limit what we can handle, so we have to make the adjustment.

Etiquette Reminder of the Month

Remember to please fill your divots both on the tees and in the fairways. No one wants to land in a divot in the fairway, but if a ball does happen to end up there, a sand filled divot is much better than a hole.

Also, as part of a Golf Committee initiative to improve course etiquette, we have included links to videos teaching proper on course etiquette. Please take a moment to watch:

Ball Marks - How to properly repair

Bunker etiquette

See you on the course!

Joe

jvillegas@bwrc.org