Course Update

Including yesterday's storms, 7.25" of rain has fallen since June 26th.  That's a large amount of water for the course to handle over 15 days, but it could have been a lot worse.  Some areas around us received double that amount.  In my 20+ years of managing golf courses I have come to realize that too much water is far worse than not enough water.  On a positive note, the extended forecast calls for cooler, drier weather over the next several days, then the mercury starts to climb again as we get closer to the Men's Invitational.  The timing couldn't be any better in allowing the course to dry out and firm up for the event.

In addition to cleaning up debris from yesterday's storms, today we were able to mow and roll greens, mow primary and intermediate rough, mow collars, fix washouts and rake all bunkers, spray greens, and trim yardage markers in the fairways and tees.  It's been several days since the last mowing, but tomorrow's plan is to mow fairways, approaches and tees, and we will be spraying fairways.