Renovation Day 97-102

The drainage project at the bottom of 18 fairway was completed last Friday.  A flowable grout was pushed through the old 24" clay tile to stop the subsidence holes.  We tried to dig a section of the old pipe up to see the depth and the clay tiles were 12' deep at the top of the pipe in areas.  We finished sodding the practice bunker at the driving range yesterday.  It was still too wet to install the drainage.  We will have that project complete shortly.  The front 9 cart paths were finished on Friday also.  We began removing the sod and back filling next to the cart paths with soil to level the edges.  

Renovation Day 94-96

It took the St. Clair staff a long time to prep the cart paths on the front 9 for the 2" asphalt over lay which started this morning.  Ted Moore, with Moore Asphalt, completed the cart paths on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 today.  Tomorrow morning he will finish 8 and 9.  You have no idea how much of a scar the old cart paths were until you see the new cart paths in place.  Also, Mike Munie has installed all of the 24" drain tile and man holes.  The pic above is the new junction at the bottom of 18 fairway under the sycamore tree with concrete connections.  The lid will be installed tomorrow and grading the surrounding area of disturbance will be completed soon.   

Renovation Day 76-93

T&A irrigation has all of the main line complete and the new HDPE irrigation system has been hooked up to the pump house.  When we installed the "Z" pipe coming out of the pump house in '06' we poured a couple yards of concrete around the valves as thrust blocks and it took T&A a day to jackhammer the concrete out.  The old hydraulic system that was used to keep the irrigation heads down is finally obsolete.  St. Calir is now a full electric system.  Mike Munie, with Perfect Play, has begun the drainage project below 9 tee through 18 fairway.  Within the next few days he will have the man holes installed and connect the new drain to the lake over flow.  We are still trying to keep the course mowed and leaves mulched up as much as possible.  The St. Clair staff has been doing inside tasks such as installing new plastic on the green house during heavy frost.