Irrigation maintenance

With a whole lot of cold weather this winter, concerns about the dog days of summer can easily become a distant memory.  However, rather than waiting until we really need the irrigation system in six months, now is a much better time to address some issues. 

Over the years, we have discovered that some of the system's isolation valves no longer function correctly.  When there's a problem (such as a sprinkler getting stuck on) an inability to isolate an individual tee or green means that we may have to shut down the irrigation to several holes while the problem is addressed.

We recently installed two new isolation valves for the practice area and one new valve for #12 green.  Hopefully we won't have a need to use these this upcoming season, but it is good to know that they are in place and will work properly if we do.  We think of projects like this as fire prevention, which is certainly preferred to putting out a fire!