As most of you know, we are currently in a very serious drought, with no rain in the immediate forecast! We recorded 0.0 inches of rain for October, which is an all time record. Not only for October, but for every month of the year! I ran across these pictures the other day and thought it would be very interesting to show you the difference between last year on November 4th, after we received 3.8 inches of rain in October 2015. You can see how green the rough and particularly the fairways on here on hole #10.
Here is a picture from 11/4/15 after a month of average rainfall
Here is a picture from 11/2/16 after receiving ZERO rain for the month of October.
For everyone who is tired of seeing brown spots in the fairways and burned up rough, so is our grounds staff! This record setting hot and dry weather has really done a number on the golf course, and we will really need some rainfall before it turns cold this winter to save us from too much damage. We will continue to use our available water as much as possible, but have cut back drastically over the last 6 weeks. Without any rain in the forecast, we can not use up our reserves too quickly.
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