11 days.....

     Well, once again the summer of opposites continue.  If you remember back, we spent 51 of 52 weeks in 2012 with below normal precip and ended the year with a 10" deficit.  On Monday, June 24th, we received 4.5" of rain that caused the bunkers to wash and work was lost for the day.  The last wave of the day was the strongest and came through with strong winds and heavy downpours.  The strong winds knocked over 7 trees and scattered twigs and debris throughout the whole course.  Tuesday morning arrived and so did another wave of storms.  We only received 0.10" of rain, but they were packed full of electricity which caused us to lose most of the morning work.  Today we started the day off with more rain and more lightning.  Our three day rain total is now at 5", which puts our yearly precip total to 11" above normal. 
     Our greens and tees are sand based but our fairways and rough are all native, heavy clay soil.  As you can imagine, 5" of rain doesn't disappear very fast.  This has certainly changed our plans and gotten us out of our routine for this time of the year.  We plan on mowing fairways tomorrow as well as spray greens and tees.  Hoping for the best!