MORE RAIN IN FORECAST

#4 walk bridge under water

Augie checking out #5 flooding

The golf course has held up well despite having around 1.40 " of rain over the past weekend. We missed a flood on Monday for the front side. The Yadkin river was at first forecast to crest at 22.5 ft, but only got to 18.5 feet. So the river only effected #4 walk bridge and along the # 5 cart path. Another rain event is expected Wednesday with more heavy rain moving in overnite.  Unfortunately , the cart path only rule will be in place while the course remains wet. The maintenance staff will continue to repair washout areas in bunkers to make the course as playable as possible. We  have been working on cleaning #18 creek bank and spraying rough  last week. There will still be more clean up in these areas over the next three or four weeks.

CLEANUP BEGINS

Cleanup has started on the front side flood damage. The first priority is washing the mud and slit off the cart path so we can move around the course. This is so slick the skid steer loader can't even stay on the path, and trust me you don't want to get off the path. The second thing is cleanup of debris like logs, sticks, trash, and sand. One other task is removing the fish that were trapped when the water went down. All the bunkers, area drains, and low spots collect an assortment of fish. Most are returned to the lakes if alive, some are not returned. As you can image the soil in all these areas are extremely wet, so it will need to dry some before all can be accomplished. So the weather will determine how long the cleanup process takes over the next month. Bunkers repairs will be the last items on this list. note: we finished the cart paths last Friday before the snow started.

FLOOD AND DAMAGE ON FRONT SIDE

So instead of small flooding the Yadkin came out big time. For those of you that were not here in 2003, the river has not been out like this since then. The damage caused by the flooding , is more mud and debris left after the water has gone down, the most expensive part is the eight bunker that were in the flood water. These bunkers will require complete rebuilding, as was done back in 2003. what happens is the fine slit goes into the bunker drainage system and blocks the stone and drainage pipe, also the sand is contaminated so it will not drain as well. The cleanup will start with the mud on cart paths.