July Monsoon

What a crazy week it's been!  Once again, last night we were hit with another 2.5" of rain.  The difference with this one is the entire amount came in about 45 minutes.  As you can imagine, the golf course was not built to handle this scenario.  

Since last Tuesday, we have now had four severe rain events totaling 8.35".  In all four events the bunkers were completely washed out, along with creek cleanup from water coming out of the banks.  Tuesday night, we had significant wind with the rain.  Branches were scattered throughout the course along with four trees that had to be removed.  Kudos to our crew for working through each storm.  Bunkers were completely repaired following each storm, only to be washed out in the next one.  

Creek cleanup from recent storm.

A couple of feet from going over #11 Green.

Runoff up in #15 Fairway

Typical Bunker washout.

 Looking ahead, it's going to take some time for the golf course to dry down.  We are approaching a full week since fairways and rough have been mowed.  Once things dry out enough to mow we will be forced to raise the mowing heights in the rough.  We will quickly work this back down as time allows.

The good news is the golf course will be in great shape as soon as we get back to a more normal weather pattern.  As far as irrigation water is concerned, there has been significant savings this year compared to the last two seasons. 

Thank you for your patience as we work to put the golf course back together.

Looking forward to getting back to this!