On Thursday June 18th, I got a report of a "stuck head" on the 7th green of Palmetto. I did not think much of it, as it tends to happen from time to time, and it is usually a simple fix. As I rounded the turn going from 8 tees to 7 green, I could not see any sprinkler heads running. I was relieved and figured the head had gone down on its own. But once I topped the hill and saw what the issue really was; I wished it had just been a stuck head. As you can see from the picture below, there was quite the mess on the green. The PVC elbow cracked and blew the head all the way off. The pressure from the water blew out about a 10' X 4' hole, that was about 4 feet deep. Once the water was cut off Chris, Embree, and I began the clean up process. Thankfully, they were still around to pitch in on the effort. After about 4 hours of shoveling in the hot sun we had the green back in shape and ready for play. We sodded the area this past Tuesday and after a few weeks you won't even be able to tell there was ever an issue.
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| This was how it looked as I pulled up to the 7th green. I was amazed at the amount of material on the green. |
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| The end result of out 4 hour clean up. |
