Seven More Holes Open Thursday

The back nine will be open Thursday, except holes 14 and 15. No golf carts on the back nine. These two holes remain soaked, tee to greens. 14 and 15 will open when standing water disappears from roughs and fairways.

We are amazed how wet 14 and 15 are a week after the storm. 15 remains unmowable, due to standing water, especially from road to fairway. When trying to mow greenside 15 fairway today, the greensmower we used scalped turf before we abandoned the project. When play resumes on 15, this damage will be obvious. We are confident that most of 14 fairway will be mowed later today, and available for play later in the week.

On the front side, we have kept the pump running on #1 to lower pond water level since Friday. However, much of the water we have removed has been water that has flowed into the pond since Friday. See math below:

PUMPED FROM POND SINCE FRIDAY
IF:
Gallons per pump hour: 20,000
Hours Pump has run: x 50
TOTAL GALLONS PUMPED= 1,000,000 gals
AND:
GALLONS WATER PER POND INCH 70,000
POND LEVEL DROPPED 7 INCHES x 7
GALLONS REMOVED FROM POND= 490,000 gals
THEN
+510,000 gallons of water has flowed into the pond since Friday.

While not trained in hydrology, we are assuming that the high level of water in the pond is slowing percolation of water into soils, especially on 15. Also, ground water levels are extremely high, adding to our issues. For these reasons, we will continue to pump down the pond level using both our small 333GPM pump, and irrigation pumps.

And, to add some irony to your day, greens have dried out a bit since last Thursday, and will be hand watered within the next few hours.