Non-Breathable Greens Covers Offer Best Choice In Certain Areas
Oak Hills CC in San Antonio has hosted 24 PGA Tour events. It currently is home to the SBC Championship, a premier Champion’s Tour event.
Craig Felton, CGCS, golf course superintendent at Oak Hills since 2004, has 20 years of experience using greens’ covers to protect Bermuda grass greens in the south. Craig has always turned to TDA to manufacture his covers because of the wide variety of choices that they offer. Craig first worked with TDA when he was an assistant at River Oaks CC in Houston, TX. “After the freeze of ’89, we purchased plastic non breathable covers from TDA,” Craig explains. “In this part of the country, I …
Matt Tacilauskas, the new superintendent at Palm Beach C.C., picked up where Paul Crawford left off. Paul Crawford, who retired after almost 30 years at Palm Beach C.C., had installed some of the first siphons in the country with TDA in 1997.
The Turf Drain Siphon System is the first system that allows you to install drainage without grading the pipe. Siphons are ideal for coastal properties such as Palm Beach C.C., which sits on some of the most exclusive seaside property in the country.
Matt, who originally hails from Australia, is looking forward to a long tenure at the club. Matt was familiar with the Turf Drain Siphon System from his days on the Carolina coast. He also …
Trey Cutshall contacted Turf Drainage Co. of America at the beginning of December to do a complete drainage plan on the course. The contractor, Siphon Systems, Inc. out of Jupiter, FL, was able to finish the project on schedule and on budget by June 30th, 2010. Over 100,000 feet of pipe were installed in less than 6 months.
Trey Cutshall contacted Turf Drainage Co. of America at the beginning of December to do a complete drainage plan on the course. The contractor, Siphon Systems, Inc. out of Jupiter, FL, was able to finish the project on schedule and on budget by June 30th, 2010. Over 100,000 feet of pipe were installed in less than 6 months.
Do you have a drainage project that you don’t feel is large enough to bring in an outside contractor, but you would like some expertise to assist you with an in-house project?
Consider our “Rent a Superintendent” program. We are working with our authorized contractors to supply experienced job superintendents to clubs to assist with in-house drainage projects.
These superintendents have a long history of installing systems designed by Turf Drainage Co. of America. They typically have overseen and coordinated on drainage projects that have involved the installation of hundreds of thousands of feet of drainage. The superintendent will come in and work with your crew in any manner that you wish. They will train your crew on the proper …
