Rainy Weather and All it Brings

The last 12 days have been miserable. Rain and tempatures barely getting to 50. With our fairway renovation fast approaching theres a whole list of projects that need to be completed, however most of these require dry weather. Despite the conditions we pressed on and I'm very proud of the work we completed the past week. Friday we did end up going home at lunch after cleaning the shop but we also got 1.55 inches of rain. 

There was several fungi present due to the weather conditions and our inability to get around the course with a Sprayer until nearly a week of rain. Nothing seemed too serious or we were able to catch it just in time. We got really lucky in that regard. The day we sprayed we saw a few more rings show up on our driving range, approaches and rough. With the wet weather it felt like almost everything was active, I was glad to be sitting on a sprayer at the time. 

The rain and clouds finally broke Saturday morning bringing sunshine and a warm breeze. Despite this the course was still underwater. The sunshine brought false hope for many of the golfers including myself. The fairways were flooded as was most of the rough. Luckily our new drain lines performed well but that was only a small portion of the course that was playable. The sunshine did provide some spectacular sites around the course. The Azaleas are all in full bloom and providing excellent color around the course, enhanced by the sunshine. The course is beautiful right now and I wish we had more sunlight to really bring out the color and textures of the course.

This week has been all about the clean up after the last weeks rain. Without the ability to get our rough units around the course much of our turf got out of hand. I give props to the crew on there hard work so far this week, push mowing and weed wacking areas that were to wet to be cut with the big mowers and doing out of the normal jobs to keep the golf course playable. While were far from being done its nice to be able to breath a little easier knowing that we are at least close to being caught up with the mowing. With rain predicted nearly every day next week we'll take whatever sun we can get and enjoy the views around the course.

Back of 7 green as seen from the causeway