Finally some rain

We finaly received some rain over the weekend.  A total of two inches came down hard and fast.  As expected our drainage system did a wonderful job of removing the water off of the playing surfaces, but we did get a little bit of damage from the storm.  Some of our bunker sand washed a little and we had a couple trees in a preserve area snap.  Nothing too drastic or unexpected.


What stinks about the whole deal is the crew spent all last week going through the green side bunkers checking sand depth and making adjustments where needed. Now they'll have to do it all over!

Here is a new resident on the course. You'll have to look close, he's about 4 feet long


With the water table down as far as it is, the wading birds have been getting their fare share of the bounty of our lakes and littorals.


Remember this old view into #18 green and all the "salad" as one member used to call the thick rough that used to block the approach? I just through this in for fun. I look at the old pictures all the time and just think to myself "Thank goodness we renovated!"


In light of the fact that the drought is no where close to being over, coupled with the fact that our available irrigation water is limited at best I have decided to hold off on doing our annual Curfew application next week. The active ingredient in the Curfew requires a certain level of soil moisture followed by immediate heavy irrigation and since I can't guarantee either at this point I thought it prudent to postpone the event. Once we are assured of a constant delivery of irrigation water I will reschedule with Tony and let everyone know.