Cooler temperatures have moved in with yesterday afternoon temps dropping to 13 degrees and last night's low of 7. Today for the Dave Ellis Pro Am tournament the weather is supposed to clear early this morning with the wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 with a high of 14. Tonight it will be clear with wind continuing to help dry things up and a low of 5.
GOLF CARTS are permitted for today's Dave Ellis Pro Am. With accumulation of 38mm of rain in recent few days, please use caution and keep carts on paths where provided and avoid any wet/low areas.
CAUTION! a tree came down right of 5 green yesterday which was cleaned up, but there is still a tree hung up in the bush. Please use CAUTION and KEEP AWAY from flagged area until the tree climbing professionals have addressed the hazardous condition!
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| Please use caution and avoid hazardous tree 'flagged CAUTION' off area right of No. 5 green bunker |
COURSE PLAYABILITY
Conditions are drier today with no rain since yesterday at 11am allowing most of the standing water to drain. Course will still be playing a little long with moist and cool conditions.
Ground Under Repair - Treat all new sodded areas IN ROUGH as 'ground under repair'. No. 18 fairway has been overseeded to recover ice damage. Treat any bare areas on No. 18 as 'ground under repair'.
Greens - No more temporary greens! as No. 2 put back in play today with sod bouncing back from recent extreme heat and starting to knit. Green speeds are approximately 9-9.5 feet with recent moisture accumulation.
Rough - The greens surrounds were mowed down yesterday so today the focus will be on tee surrounds on the smaller riding mowers and where it is dry enough to cut with the big rough unit. There isn't any rain in the forecast so we should be able to catch up on the rough in the next few days but it will be a challenge as it is growing faster than we can cut it right now.
Bunkers - The bunkers were pumped out yesterday where needed. The bunkers will be still be a little wet this morning but will receive a good raking. Sand will be a little heavier than normal to play out of in most instances.
Driving Range - Despite flooded conditions, the driving range will open for players to hit balls for today's Dave Ellis Pro Am and then will remain closed until further notice. The water levels went up another 1/4" with the continued shower activity. We continue to pump it down with the PTO pump running 24/7. There is still lots of water draining into the low lying area with the difficult spring and it's just a matter of time before it will dry up.
Course Etiquette - Please remember to repair ball marks and replace divots. If carrying your golf bag and using the sand tubes, please use on FAIRWAYS ONLY. Maintenance staff repairs all tee divots and uses a different seed then what is used on fairways.
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| Equipment set up before crew 5:30am start time for today's Dave Ellis Pro Am |
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