It always seems to happen at the very end of the day. An irrigation head next to the 9th tee malfunctioned sending water and debris everywhere. A lot of the irrigation work we do requires us to manually turn off valves, stopping the flow of water to the problem area. Doing this eliminates water to different sections of the course. In this case 12 holes were shut down to fix one head. It took us about an hour and a half to be back up and running. The majority of the time was spent locating the valves, shutting them off, waiting for the water to drain out, then re-pressurising the system. The actual replacement of the irrigation head took only 10 minutes. Fortunately, we have some great staff members who were willing to stay late, roll up their selves, and get the job done
