This picture, taken on Monday, is a perfect illustration of what has been going on with our fairways throughout the year- and even farther back if what I'm told is true. In it we see number two fairway after the rain the course received on Sunday night. The importance of the picture is not that areas of the fairway are flooded, rather that it is the same areas that have flooded repeatedly for the entirety of the year and eventually either boiled or drown.
The next time you find yourself (or anyone else) debating whether our need for drainage is real, please settle the argument with this picture of areas that died from flood damage- once again full of water. As I've said many times before, seed and sod are temporary solutions when it comes to problems like this. It is my hope that all of you are tired of temporary solutions.
See you on the course!
Elliott Dowling
