Hot, Hot, Hot on the golf course and for the first time in almost 3 years all the drain lines are showing up clearly.  The first and last 3 holes have extensive drainage with sand and gravel laid over pipe in order to move water of the surface of the fairway.  Unfortunately this means that even the slightest hot weather causes these lines to dry out,  although it is only the 16th that stands out.
   Great shot of the 7th fairway below.  Fairways on the Abbotts this week cut with tees mowers.  These slower, narrower mowers get in all the dips and leave a better, cleaner finish on the fairways.

7th Abbotts

  This week we have fixed leaks on the 9th and 4th greens of the Abbotts, so all greens are now working. The 11th Tee is still waiting on parts but otherwise the Abbotts is in good shape in terms of irrigation.
The Priors has problems on greens 5 and 14, both of which will be fixed in the next week.
  A course walk with the committee has seen a review of rough areas on the course, with modifications being made during this week.  Most areas are being tweaked with only a few larger areas to be cut.  Ideally we would like to collect all this 'thick grass' so that next year it will grow back finer and leave a better surface.

Dan,  hand watering greens