Article On Golf Course Irrigation

الأحد، 13 نوفمبر 2016

By David Ellis


The best golf field has a nice landscape and players say that the green is the most important aspect of the game. It should receive more care than, fairways, trees or other parts. The condition of the courses has an effect on the success and bottom line of golf facility. This is maintained by water, especially during dry months plants dry easily and this make watering an alternate method to maintain the plants in a healthy condition. To make this possible golf course irrigation is practiced.

The system for watering should be designed to be effective in distributing water uniformly, protect and conserve water resources. The design should be able to meet this entire requirement. The site specific characteristics for example type of soil should be included in the design.

Factors that should be considered in the process of watering are type of soil, area, and turf species. Soil type lays guide on the volume of the liquid to be used for replacement of lost solvent from leaves. Factors like hills, slopes, degree of shade and sun dictate the volume of water applied. Areas prone to wind require large volume of water as most is lost from plants.

There are different methods of irrigating which depends on the area and the type of plant. They include sprinkler and piping. They should be able to deliver more water for a short time but should not exceed the infiltration rate of soils. An increase in infiltration rate result in runoff. The method ought to be effective and efficient in water usage.

Sprinkling using head process result to irrigating the region near and desert region far from head this result in run off. To avoid this double rows are used or use manual watering system to deserted areas including the fairway and extended rough. Designs vary accordingly but there are those that have more than one nozzle at back and front. This improves the distribution uniformity and flexibility.

In greens do not use sprinklers they should set around in uniform spacing 70feet to 74feet for uniform sprinkling. This is useful because the liquid will be distributed equally on the surface. A computer can be used to determine proper spacing and sprinkler water distribution. It does this by determining how sprinklers distribute the liquid. This complexity results because the green is very short close to the surface and care should be taken to avoid a runoff.

The system used to water should be in good working condition. Audits can be conducted to evaluate the system function, making sure that the system work reliably and is cost effective. The performance can be measured using these methods: coefficient of uniformity. The distribution uniform of the lowest quartile and scheduling coefficient

When choosing equipment for irrigation for example sprinklers one must know the amount of water it carries and pressure it have. Pressure of 65psi to 80psi is suitable for use. The amount of water a sprinkler delivers is indicated in the manufacturing instructions with the radius of throw. The next step is to determine how to control the equipment to deliver adequate water amounts as they are required.




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