Green #18, no problems in the past have occurred. But to be on the safe side we checked it out anyway and here/s what we found.
This shows our starting point. We already knew where the drain pipe from the green entered into the main drain line in the small ditch in front of #18 green. We simply located the pipe and cut it in half and started pushing a 1" water hose inside of the pipe towards the green.
Where you see the pile of dirt in front of the green is where the water hose stopped moving forward. We then moved forward to this spot and dig it up to see the problem.
This shows you the drainage pipe found and look at the distance we had to dig on the green.
The pipe is clearly damaged, we then removed the damaged area and then found a wye fitting damaged further under the putting surface. The wye you see on the picture below is located on the left side of the picture
The next damaged area was a wye itself, had been crushed in the center. The length of the pipe and wye was the distance we had to dig under the putting surface itself.
If there is any good news to find pipe damaged in the gravel or drainage area is; the water can drain but just takes longer.
All the drainage is repaired and is draining well!
Willy Plowman
Golf Course Superintendent
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