The thunderstorms that rolled through the area yesterday and last night brought an unexpected surprise. Lightning struck the 6th fairway and broke one of the pipes. The electricity moved through the ground, into the wires from the old irrigation system, and travelled along until the spot where the new irrigation system was pulled through the old wires. The current dumped out of the wires and into the ground right over a 2"pipe blowing a hole in the PVC creating a geyser that greeted us when we arrived at 5:00 this morning.
Although we needed the rain, the combined total over the last few days is over 3", which is a bit excessive. Thankfully we poked holes in the greens and fairways on Monday so that the water could recharge the soil.
The course will be open for play today and carts are available. We were not able to mow or roll the greens this morning and it is certainly not suitable for the Ladies Guest Day that was originally scheduled for today. We will be spending the day cleaning up debris from the wind, repairing the irrigation system, and fixing the bunkers that were washed out by the heavy rains.
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