That's Your Problem!

When I started here a little less than a year ago, a couple weeks into my experience we had a rainstorm.  A large puddle formed to the right of #2 fairway but within a few hours it went away.  This year when it rained, the puddle just stayed and we had to use trash pumps and manually pump all of the water out.  I think we found the problem

Puddle from a rain storm off  to the right of #2

This drain line catches the runoff from the nearby neighborhood off of #2, goes all the way from #2 across #17 and then reconnects with the drain line that is located to the left of #16.  With some probing and digging we were able to isolate the problem area and here is what we found:

A drain fitting that was near a willow tree to the left of the path on #2 had filled with years of tree roots.  The large fibrous roots were plenty happy inside this fitting, but they also kept the pipe from working correctly. I'll find out during the next rain storm if this is the only problem area or if there is more.  I can't wait until it rains so I can find out!