Driving Range Tee

We had to go in and trench a drainage line through part of the driving range tee this week. The area in question had severely impermeable soil due to the high clay content which prevents percolation of excess water through the soil layers. The result was standing water lasting for days that eventually killed the turf. Unfortunately the high clay content seems to be prevalent throughout the tee and we might continue to have some standing water issues in other areas on the tee but hopefully not to the extent we had before the drain line.

Cutting out any usable sod on the trench line

Digging the drainage line.....

Looking like a "City" job at the moment .......

Checking depth

Drainage pipe in and gravel going down.......

Drain line trench filled and level for now.... 

We expect some settling and will continue to sand/level over the next few weeks

We aerified the entire tee top, seeded, top dressed and fertilized