Drainage

In Bellevue, it rains a lot. Our rainiest months are November through March. On average, we get a little more than 37 inches of rain a year. This makes good drainage extremely important and we spend a significant amount of time in the non-watering season doing drainage projects.

Roots in a concrete pipe
Repairing a drain that goes under an old stump from a large cottonwood tree
Adding a new drain line next to the cart path along the 17th fairway
Running a new drain through the middle of the 8th fairway
Probing for pea gravel with the assistant superintendent, Josh
Clearing a clogged drain that got jammed up with cottonwood roots
Adding a new drain line through the middle of the 9th fairway
Sod work after adding a new drain on a wet day
Bunker drain that was added during the 2018 bunker project
Clogged bunker drain causing massive washout
Bunker drain fix
Long trench for drain line next to the 9th green. Completely fixed the wet 9th apporach
Bunker drain on the 9th fairway bunker
Adding a new drain next to the 1st tee to catch water coming from the driving range at the top of the hill
Pulled this out of a drain on by the back yard
More bunker drains
New sod and leveling around the walk bridge on the 16th hole
Old concrete drain repair. Suprisingly, these run all the water at Glendale
Replacing an old concrete drain box that got smoked by an aerator
Chasing collapsed concrete drains
Removing bad turf from a dark and wet area behind the 10th green
Snaking a drain with the camera to find the blockage
Breaking up the concrete pad from the old pump house
Fixing a collar dam on the 13th hole, allowing water to drain off the front of the green
Flattening an area by dragging a pallet behind a workman before hydroseeding

Drainage

Roots in a concrete pipe

Repairing a drain that goes under an old stump from a large cottonwood tree

Adding a new drain line next to the cart path along the 17th fairway

Running a new drain through the middle of the 8th fairway

Probing for pea gravel with the assistant superintendent, Josh

Clearing a clogged drain that got jammed up with cottonwood roots

Adding a new drain line through the middle of the 9th fairway

Sod work after adding a new drain on a wet day

Bunker drain that was added during the 2018 bunker project

Clogged bunker drain causing massive washout

Bunker drain fix

Long trench for drain line next to the 9th green. Completely fixed the wet 9th apporach

Bunker drain on the 9th fairway bunker

Adding a new drain next to the 1st tee to catch water coming from the driving range at the top of the hill

Pulled this out of a drain on by the back yard

More bunker drains

New sod and leveling around the walk bridge on the 16th hole

Old concrete drain repair. Suprisingly, these run all the water at Glendale

Replacing an old concrete drain box that got smoked by an aerator

Chasing collapsed concrete drains

Removing bad turf from a dark and wet area behind the 10th green

Snaking a drain with the camera to find the blockage

Breaking up the concrete pad from the old pump house

Fixing a collar dam on the 13th hole, allowing water to drain off the front of the green

Flattening an area by dragging a pallet behind a workman before hydroseeding

Joe Rader