Jeff,
Like everything, I try to keep it simple, the drain main drain lines are running in the low areas when possible and lateral with fifteen foot lateral spacing. if the natural slope is steep enough I iwll let it run a little longer and have found the smilely at the exiting of the greens to be super important. this particular greens has four exits and four smileys! Its the first time I am running one of those exits into a bunker because I want a hot running shot to end up there and it a very small portion of the green that will actually slope into the bunker. The area is light on rainfall so hopefully it wonīt be a big problem.
Bill,
Actually I have four under construction in different phases but its the designs phase that pays the bills. I couldnīt do both when things were active before the world slow down so I have two brothers that have worked for me for a number of years that are doing turn key construction and let me barrow money every now and then. Of the four under construction, one is the seocnd nine from a design of ten years ago, another from five years ago and another from three and half years ago and the pictures from a design of a little over a year ago and construction started two months ago. i also have a fifth that they consider to be under construction and advertise as such but for me one wheel borrow a month doesnīt constitue under construction but I would not be surprized to see that go forward in the next two months. i have just finished a master plan and should get the go ahead on the design phase in February but could take as long as April. I also should be designing six holes par three course for Buenos Aires golf in February but that has been getting delayed since September, so who knows. Four holes to finish constructing for a nine hole project in Brazil that has been stopped for six years, should be under construction for June. Since I can no longer eat from construction and things continue to be slow in the design area, I just picked up three holes, re-design of greens and surroundings near the house and I am doing the construction for the next month. Just spent the frist two days on the sand pro doing some fine shaping, nice to be back on a machine and playing in the dirt but am I sore today but at least not hungry, just finished some pinto beans and salad. The good news is the shaping should be finished on Wednesday and I can charge for the design phase and then its straight to the supermarket for a can of tuna! 2011 is shaping up to be a year in the black, something I have not seen for three years.
The greens will not be USGA but will be Californina sand based greens which is similar to USGA but without the peat and the four inch gravel layer and will also skip on the sterilization process.
Paul,
I am completing this month my 20 year anniversay in south america. Twenty year ago we used thin walled plastic pipe and drilled holes in it for drainage. but now, every country has copied ADS. For the project nesar the house that I am constructing I just bought the copy becasue ADS didnīt answer my request for a quotation but they are here in Chile. The copy is good but they donīt make Teeīs for instance and I had to buy some extra crosses and caps to fabricate my own tee.