A master drainage plan can give you, the superintendent, a way to clearly present the status of your drainage problem to your committee or owner. Pat O’Brien wrote an article in the September, 2005 issue of the USGA Greens Section Record regarding the importance of starting a drainage project with a plan.
Trey Cutshall, Superintendent at The Farm Golf Club, says “Until we did the drainage plan with TDA, we didn’t have a real grasp on the scope of the project. By being involved during the planning process, I knew that the areas that I felt were important were being included, and I had a much better understanding of what the options were in each area. Once we did …
Non-Breathable Greens Covers Offer Best Choice In Certain Areas
Oak Hills CC in San Antonio has hosted 24 PGA Tour events. It currently is home to the SBC Championship, a premier Champion’s Tour event.
Craig Felton, CGCS, golf course superintendent at Oak Hills since 2004, has 20 years of experience using greens’ covers to protect Bermuda grass greens in the south. Craig has always turned to TDA to manufacture his covers because of the wide variety of choices that they offer. Craig first worked with TDA when he was an assistant at River Oaks CC in Houston, TX. “After the freeze of ’89, we purchased plastic non breathable covers from TDA,” Craig explains. “In this part of the country, I …
Do you have a drainage project that you don’t feel is large enough to bring in an outside contractor, but you would like some expertise to assist you with an in-house project?
Consider our “Rent a Superintendent” program. We are working with our authorized contractors to supply experienced job superintendents to clubs to assist with in-house drainage projects.
These superintendents have a long history of installing systems designed by Turf Drainage Co. of America. They typically have overseen and coordinated on drainage projects that have involved the installation of hundreds of thousands of feet of drainage. The superintendent will come in and work with your crew in any manner that you wish. They will train your crew on the proper …
Wide sheet flows can make a mess of fairway areas. Drive over rubber curbing can be used to change sheet flow that is coming across cart paths into stream flow that can be easily collected by a single drainage basin.
Wide sheet flows can make a mess of fairway areas. Drive over rubber curbing can be used to change sheet flow that is coming across cart paths into stream flow that can be easily collected by a single drainage basin.
Jim Thomas, CGCS at TPC Southwind, purchased the Turf Drain Tarp System prior to tackling an in-house drainage project this spring. The tarp system saves 80% of labor needed to move the spoils, compared to using plywood and utility vehicles.
Jim Thomas, CGCS at TPC Southwind, purchased the Turf Drain Tarp System prior to tackling an in-house drainage project this spring. The tarp system saves 80% of labor needed to move the spoils, compared to using plywood and utility vehicles.
The superintendent can use the existing outfall pipe as the relief. The Mini IDP will lift the water up to the existing outfall without the need to run electrical service to the site.
The superintendent can use the existing outfall pipe as the relief. The Mini IDP will lift the water up to the existing outfall without the need to run electrical service to the site.
Our patented Perma Basins are ideal for collecting water from the ground profile at different depths. These basins not only collect surface water, but have permeable sidewalls to collect seepage water.
Our patented Perma Basins are ideal for collecting water from the ground profile at different depths. These basins not only collect surface water, but have permeable sidewalls to collect seepage water.
Shane Wright, CGCS, golf course superintendent at Vero Beach Country Club, installed one of our Irrigation Driven Pumps (IDPs) to drain an area of his course where it would have been particularly expensive to run electrical service.
Shane Wright, CGCS, golf course superintendent at Vero Beach Country Club, installed one of our Irrigation Driven Pumps (IDPs) to drain an area of his course where it would have been particularly expensive to run electrical service.
Drainage Siphons can be indispensable on difficult properties. Park Meadows C.C. in Park City, UT hired TDA to design a drainage system to help them handle the spring snow melt that plagued their golf course. The Turf Drain Siphon System that was installed throughout the golf course was ideal for the flat property. John Haynes, CGCS, superintendent at Park Meadows, says, “The system really was amazing. The amount of water we removed was much greater and faster than I had expected.”
The Turf Drain Siphon System is typically used in flat coastal properties, like Seminole Golf Club, where the elevation across the property is minimal, but it can also be used in mountain properties where rocky soils present difficulties grading …
