Storms have always been a way of life on the golf course and are seasonably predictable with foreseeable results and responses. Pestilence (COVID 19) on the other hand is not common in our golf course maintenance world and certainly the end results are uncertain.
The Granite Bay Golf Course Maintenance Department is happy to be working and preparing the course so members can enjoy a break from the isolation we are all taking part in. Specific precautions for our staff is keeping our distance with single cart & vehicle operation and meeting in the maintenance yard in the AM rather then our cramped lunchroom to detail daily tasks. Lunches are taken out in the yard and inherent in our work practices is a natural social distancing.
Below are some pictures of the recent weekend storm that brought 3" of rain as well as a big mess and the unfortunate change to the sixth hole at Granite Bay.
| We haven't many big storms this rainy season and one of the biggest issues for golf course maintenance when we do have big storms is bunker recovery. Heavy rains wash the sand off the faces of bunkers and fill them with rainfall, some of which needs to be mechanically pumped out. |
| And the recovery process is lengthy. This go around will take us 3 days to recover all of the bunkers. |
| The big loss from this storm was the toppling of the large Blue Oak that protected the right hand side of the green on #6 |
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| First things first. We need to remove the down tree. Next we can contemplate future options for protecting the right hand side of the green. |
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