The winter storm that passed through Western Washington this past week brought us 8-9 inches of snow on Monday, .53 inches of rain on Tuesday, and 1.63 inches of rain on Thursday for a total of 3.05 inches of precipitation in four days. All of that rain resulted in a lot of runoff from the surrounding neighborhoods onto Glendale and into our two creeks. Monday's snow was in the form of wet heavy flakes that caused a lot of tree damage with branches down everywhere on the course. The crew did a great job of getting it picked up and run through our wood chipper by midday Thursday. High water flows in Kelsey Creek and the West Tributary cased flooding with damage yet unknown until the water recedes. Below are some photos taken Thursday afternoon.
Starting at the north end of the course, water shooting through the culvert behind the 4th tee.
Looking south toward #8 tee from #8 fairway.
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Standing on the bridge at #8 tee looking south.
Looking across the creek at #8 tee bank.
Looking upstream from the big bridge on #6.
Standing on the walk bridge at #16 fairway looking downstream toward #16 tee.
Standing on the bridge looking upstream at #16 tee.
Looking downstream from the bridge on #11.
On the cart path on #12 looking back toward the tee.
Looking downstream from the bridge at #13 tee,
On the #12 white tee looking out at Lake Whitney.
Hopefully the creeks will go back to normal flow today so we can access the damage and get to work repairing whatever needs to be done.
Steve Kealy
Golf Course Superintendent
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