Irrigation is not, and will never be, 100% perfect when it comes to overall coverage and uniformity, even when it's brand new. Doing an irrigation audit can help indicate if pressure needs to be adjusted on the current heads or if different nozzles or spacing are needed to achieve more uniform coverage. Recently we did an irrigation audit on 8 South green but not to see if pressure or nozzles were correct, but rather to test our brand new Toro heads against Rainbird heads. Why did we do this? This information will be valuable as we continue to plan for a new irrigation system in the for the entire property. Testing the product in this fashion is a nice apples to apples comparison. The Toro test is complete and next week we will be installing Rainbird heads on the same green to compare the results on coverage.
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| Catch containers are evenly spaced across the green |
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| All heads are run for a specified time |
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| Each containers contents are measured and recorded. Calculations are completed after all containers are measured for the overall result in coverage. |
