Rain Over the Past Few Days

We have gotten over 2 inches of rain over the past couple of days which has led to saturated conditions around the golf course. Due to these conditions we had to close the course on Thursday and Friday, and with the cooler conditions and more rain we are predicting a morning closure on Saturday morning. Please check with the pro shop for course updates.

Frost Damage & Oil Drops

As many of you are aware on 4, 5 & 3's tees and behind the greens of 3 & 4 there are cart tracks. There is even one that crosses 3's approach. These tracks are not from the maintenance crew tracking chemicals on their tires, moreover they are from people driving across frost. Frost damage requires the temperature to rise to heal and soon start to disappear in the next few weeks.

We also had one of our walking mowers drop oil on a few greens. Luckily, it is not too bad and will heal soon. The machine has been fixed.

Lake at Clubhouse

I have had several members ask why the lake on 18 & 1 has become cloudy or dirty. The good news is that it is not algae and it will settle over time, however, the lake has experienced a thermal inversion with the change in the weather. This thermal inversion is where the lower lake's temperature is different from the upper portion and as the weather outside changes the lower part rapidly rises to the surface bringing along the sediment from the bottom. These suspended solids will settle back to the bottom over time but until then leave the lake with a "dirty" appearance.

Driving Range Bench & Frost Damage

On Monday morning a large branch from the tree next to the small chipping green broke crushing the wooden bench surrounding the tree. The bench was so severely damaged that no repair was possible thus we removed the entire bench. The good news is that no one ever use the bench so I do not think it will be missed.

If you look at the pictures to the right of this article you will see one that shows two tire tracks going up the hill towards 4's green. These tracks were caused by a cart driving across frost and will take weeks to heal. The past five days with have had frost in the mornings and have had to delay the start times slightly. Today, I saw someone driving across the course on their way to the clubhouse ... when asked they said they were watching out for the frost. My point is we work hard to train our crew where and where not to drive and even though the roads of Avondale are being worked on please take them anytime before 9:00am.