New Fairway Drainage System Proves Worth After Week of Wet Weather

2 Fairway with XGD Fairway drainage slits installed

Happy Canada Day everyone!  July 2021 is officially here!

The drought finally ended!  After receiving 111 mm of rain on the course since last Friday, the new fairway XGD drainage system was finally put to the test and performed exceptionally well.  Areas on holes 2, 5, 6 and 7 that would normally be saturated for days with that much rainfall, now have no standing water after a few hours!

This is a huge game changer for playability and cart usage on the course plus the enhanced turf quality and future prevention of winter kill.

Following the completion of the drainage project installation last Friday, the restoration of the drainage construction began on Monday.  However, the 20mm of rain that fell early Tuesday morning has postponed the cleanup process until early next week to allow the saturated area between 5, 6 and 7 to dry to allow the grading process in the rough to continue.  

Prepping areas for sod 

We appreciate your patience during this important infrastructure upgrade.  The membership will benefit from the impact of this new drainage improvement for decades to come.  The fairway drainage slits will take a little time to fill in with grass.  The bentgrass stolons will slowly spread over the trenches similar to the way they do over the granite fairway permanent yardage markers.  The header lines across fairways will be regraded and sodded where they have settled or where re-layed turf didn't survive. 

Example of Bentgrass stolons spreading across the ground

Have a great weekend!