Installing irrigation systems on heavy topsoil sites with established drainage systems can have some interesting challenges and outcomes when those drainlines are severed.īrad Esler, currently the General Manager of Greenhills Golf Club operated by Clublink, got his first taste of golf course experience at Westminster Trails. He knew every inch of the property including where every clay tile drainage line was located. ![]() Lloyd Boughner was the original owner of this land and he farmed it before he got the idea to build a golf course on it. Over time the turf thickened up and Westminster Trails is now a well manicured golf course. In some areas the cracks were wide enough to literally swallow up a golf ball. Huge cracks formed in some areas of the rough and I can still remember finding a pulled tee shot on #2 trapped in one of the cracks. The turf growing on the claylike soil was sparse in many areas as is typical in new golf courses. The soil in this area to the south of London was a heavy topsoil. The irrigation pond was almost dry so most of the time the only areas to get watered were the greens and tees. I went out to try the new course in its opening year and the problems encountered when trying to establish turf on this windswept site were very apparent. 1990 wasn't a lot better and most of the summer could have been classed as a drought. The summers of 19 had been super hot and dry. When Westminster Trails opened in 1990 the weather was challenging to say the least.
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