The golf course is now closed for the season after a difficult October. There wasn't a lot of golf due to the snow that fell and stayed around for a few weeks. The irrigation project was delayed by the weather and serious heath issues that affected Jeff Monkman, the hands on owner of Alpine Irrigation. I'm happy to say that Jeff is recovering but it will be a long and slow one. They are back on track and making good progress. The forecast for the next 5 to 7 days looks great and Alpine should have 5 holes completed by the end of next week. At the same time mainline installation is progressing as well. When the weather turns too cold to install laterals and sprinklers all efforts will be made to get more mainline pipe in the ground. Fortunately this work will be in the rough only on holes 3, 5 and 2.
So as of November 1st:
- Holes 9, 1, 2, 8, are finished and 7 should be done in 5 days.
- There is a large mainline to run up the side of 2 and across 18 later this month.
- Mainlines are crossing holes 6 and 7.
- Lateral and sprinkler install on 6 is next after 7 is finished.
- If the weather cooperates some lateral work may begin on 3 and 5 if the mainlines get installed.
- We will be very lucky to get any work done down on the 4th hole. Fingers crossed.
Turf Care is tackling a job that I'm sure not many would think of when renovating an irrigation system. We are removing the old sprinklers as Alpine finishes each hole. Most of these obsolete sprinklers will be sold at a later date to those courses that need parts for their systems. Its been cold, muddy work but anything we can do now reduces the load for next season.
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| A 6 inch mainline crossing the rough on #6. Another 10 inch line will cross the fairway closer to the green. |
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| Earlier this week a mainline crosses #7 before lateral work can begin. |
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| Lateral work and sprinkler installation underway on #7. |
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