A Superintendent's nightmare

You know what they say, "the worst thing about a golf course is that you have to leave it outside!" Well the second worst thing a Supt has to potentially go through  happened yesterday  (waking up to a course covered in disease is the first). I'm referring to the fast moving storm with very powerful winds ripping through the pristine golf course my team had prepared for this weekend's invitational event. Wednesday morning around 10 o'clock I was riding the course just so proud of my team for what they had accomplished this year with course and how impeccable it was that day, just perfect for the invitational. 

Well it's 5:12 a.m. and I've been at the course since 4:10 this morning with my staff trying like hell to clean up the wrath of the storm.  There is debris everywhere and we can't begin to clean it up with the blowers and machines until closer to 7, but by starting that late we won't be able to accomplish much before the shotgun start. Nonetheless we are going to give it a go and do what we can do. The only good news is that the 3/4 inch of rain we received seems to have been handled very well by the course I can't find any wet spots. Of course is completely pitch black right now but hey....I'm hopeful!