Tree debris and clean up from 10/25/14 wind storm

The wind storm that passed through on Saturday night 10/25 left quite a mess on the golf course. Tree limbs and debris was scattered all over the course and our crew was only able to clear off greens and tees for play the next morning.

This photo shows #14 fairway as seen from the gold tee. Anytime we get a big storm with winds in the 30 - 50 mph range, it takes us about seven to ten working days to pick up all the tree debris. We blow everything off the fairways then hand rake it into piles and haul it away.

The left side of number one fairway being blown off into the rough.

Number 15 green shown above the next morning before it was blown off. The other thing that usually happens is all of the bunkers get washed out. Since we have a small weekend crew at this time of year, none of the bunkers were touched before play Sunday morning. The crew got them back into playing condition by Tuesday morning. The month of October was unusually wet and the rainfall total for the month was 6.65 inches, while the average is only 3.48 inches. We are doing our best to keep the course as playable as possible but we only mow when the weather allows us to do so.
Steve Kealy
Golf Course Sup't