Course Maintenance (2)

The recent heavy downpours have lead to problems with the condition of the course that are unavoidable. However, I make the following points.

We have too many bunkers located at the bottom of steeply sloped fairways. Just a couple of examples – fairway bunker on 10 South, fairway bunker on 18 North. These bunkers not only catch too many shots, but get excessively flooded and damaged by water flowing down the slope of the fairway. Nice course design Mike!

Access to the fairway from the tee on 9 North has become impossible without having to walk through ankle deep mud. It is literally impossible to get to the fairway without getting mud in your shoes. If it was me in charge, I would put a priority on putting something in place so members could avoid mud foot. Even just a couple of planks temporarily across the mud would do the trick.

I see they have replaced much of the fairway grass harvested from the left hand side of 18 South. However, they have filled in the area close to the tee and left the far area bare. I mean, fair suck of the sauce bottle, who the hell is in charge? Wouldn’t plain common sense say that it would be better to replace the area where balls actually finish than the area where balls never go?