As August is now upon us, it has given us a little time to catch our breath. July was a crazy month, as the rains were relentless. 16 of the 31 day's we received measurable rainfall, and sometimes 2-3 inches at a time. The bunker work took a load of man hours, and it felt like we could never get caught up on the mowing. As the crew pushed on and the rains had finally quit, it left us scrambling to try and catch up on the detail work. New wet areas have formed on the golf course, and we are trying to investigate and repair them as quickly as possible. With the cooler drier day's ahead, the course has made through these stressful times very well, and should finally be playing fast and firm again.
Here are a few pictures after the storms...
If you have been to Blackstone recently, I am sure you have noticed a few areas that are wetter that most, and have caused the turf to heave or bubble up. This is number 3, which I feel was the worst of the locations, and we finally got some time to investigate it a little further.
What started out as a little investigation turned in to a large project. The existing drainage was improperly installed and clogged, causing the water to back up and ooze out of the ground. Being that it was clogged, the water didn't have a place to go, so it just remained saturated, even a week after it had rained. Monday we dug up the old drainage and replaced it with larger drainage, clean gravel, and added a catch basin, to allow large amounts of water to move much quicker through the area. We will monitor the performance of our work, and more work may have to be done to this area.
There are still several areas throughout the golf course similar to this one and we will be working diligently to get each of them repaired in the next few weeks.
It the mean time... The weather looks beautiful for start August, so please come out and enjoy!
Respectfully,
Andy Perry
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