The rain has cometh

 

Two inches of rain is all we needed to get the pond over flowing again. This rain event is the highest amount we have seen in one day in 6 months!

The stream is behaving so far but will no doubt leave some debris behind. The turf has needed this heavy drink for a few weeks now.

We had a few clogged drains here and there, especially in the 7/12 South area. Everything is receding now and we are more than excited to see how the turf reacts with some moisture in the ground.

The city came and inspected our ponds a few weeks ago. They asked us to bolster the spillway here on 12 North so we added about 50 tons of riprap this week before the storm.

All 5 pumps and motors at the pumphouse have been working overtime these last 6 weeks. Overall everything has performed properly. We noticed a check valve slamming shut last week so went in to replace it on Tuesday. Two valves ended up being bad so both were replaced. The check valve holds back the entire irrigation system at 125 psi just before the pump and the motor, a significant task.

The pumphouse has been working perfectly since the filters were cleaned back in February. Swapping these check valves out however reminds us that after 25 years all the innerworkings of the pump station are degrading and justifies this asset replacement in the next year or two.

One new asset that is on property now is our robot range mower. This mower is able to mow the rough on the driving range while balls are still out there thanks to special covers around the cutting heads. It is also specially built to take a golf ball impact. This one unit is supposed to be able to mow all the range rough, the short game area rough and even some rough on 3, 14 and 15. We are working the kinks out now (finding pot holes) but this mower should save everyone time in not having to close the range down as often to clean pick and mow on Mondays.

The cart and walker divot bottle boxes have been swapped out with our old divot mix containers. The tops on these units will keep the sand bottles dry as opposed to the old open top wooden boxes. The price of one wooden divot bottle box with a top was $2,500 so we quickly figured out that we could use what we already had on property. 

There will be no more handwatering at Quail this week!! Four of our assistants, Charlie, Jackson, Colin, Garland and of course Chief are up the road helping out at the Truist this week. It is a totally different operation that they get to experience which is always a good thing to see. Enjoy the weekend!

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