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Title: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Brett_Morrissy on August 10, 2010, 05:57:34 AM

On our recent trip to Old Macdonald, after teeing off to the magnificent 5th hole - "Short" - I noticed these strange turf patterns, at first I thought perhaps it was drainage lines, or leaking irrigation lines and I am sure it is something very simple, but can someone tell me what it is?

Two images below, first is a wider view of the position, in the broken ground short of the green complex, and the second is a closer view, note the arcs.

Thanks
Brett

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Sean Remington (SBR) on August 10, 2010, 06:12:12 AM

    Looks like the taller grass is following a drain line.  Either slightly better soil conditions over the line or the roots have found some moisture.   Looks like a great little hole with such a huge green.

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Anthony Gray on August 10, 2010, 06:22:47 AM

  Those are crop circles that appear at night.It adds a British feel.

  Anthony

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Brett_Morrissy on August 10, 2010, 07:05:55 AM

Anthony - I like the crop circles - that seems to make the most sense, Gold!  ;D

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Tom_Doak on August 10, 2010, 08:21:56 AM

Brett:

I've noticed the same thing, and I'm not positive as to the answer to your question.  I don't think there is much of any drainage in that area, so I suspect that it is just the tops of some irrigation trenches which accidentally got backfilled with a heavier soil mix than everything else.  There was a bit of heavier soil in that corner of the course.  But, Jim Urbina may come on and tell us it's something else.

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Tony Weiler on August 10, 2010, 09:44:00 AM

Moles? ;D

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Martin Toal on August 10, 2010, 09:58:53 AM

Ley lines?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Tom Jefferson on August 10, 2010, 10:08:10 AM

Those patterns are simply where the irrigation plow trenched through 'richer' sandy soil, and in so doing a better growing environment was created along those trench lines.

Tom ;)  ;D

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Brett_Morrissy on August 10, 2010, 11:43:24 AM

thanks Tom for sorting that out.  ;D

why would the trenching plow for the irrigation work in these curved lines? - that it why I thought it was unusual - becuase of the shape - it looks like long lengths of hose that drip and the grass is grwon up next to and around it.

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Ronald Montesano on August 10, 2010, 04:52:06 PM

'cause if we kill all the golfers...

Title: Re: Old Mac: What are these strange..?
Post by: Dan Herrmann on August 10, 2010, 06:49:11 PM

That's where the Oregon Snipe lives.  Be careful in there!