Drainage Project

(2010) Two Areas Of Standing Water Above The Old Bunker

Stripping The Sod

 

 

Adding Catch Basins

 

Finished Product

 

 

 

 As you all know, Mother Nature threw us a curve ball this week.  Accumulating seventeen inches of snow overnight is unreal and, of course, set us back a little bit in the Greens Department.  Despite the snow, we were able to complete a major drainage project that needed to be done.  The project was done on the right hand side of the approach on hole four.  There were two separate low spots, one in the approach and another a few feet into the rough.  This has caused problems in the past due to standing water and poor drainage.  The combination of those two factors can be very detrimental to the turf.  Standing water on a very hot day is like a pot boiling on a hot stove.  Eventually, the turf will die if the water is not cleared away.  This drainage project was constructed in order for this problem to be solved.  We started by finding each low point in the approach/rough and marking them.  There is an existing drain closer to the greenside bunker that we tied everything in to.  We started by digging out a trench line and measuring our depth with a transit.  We placed two catch basins in each low spot.  These catch basins are there to collect the water draining from the soil surface.  They were connected with 4 inch drain tiles leading down to the existing drain.  Once again, standing water and poor drainage is a disaster waiting to happen.  This project was done to improve that problem and help keep the championship playing conditions we all enjoy at Illini Country Club.

Prepared by: Second Assistant Jacob Wessels