Crazyface
Tour Winner
First one of the season. 25mm of rain and they've shut the place. We were already on mats and now shut first day of November. All others round, all open. Not impressed. Looks as though I'll be moving on.
Likewise, makes it more bearable having to work nowMy course is closed today because of the rain overnight. I’m sure it won’t be the last closure this autumn/winter.
and people should listen to me more often ?Come on guys, it’s not very often we get to hear from a genuine expert on the forum.
Ours was shut "because of standing water" at 7am, I didn't see any at 9.30am, and "traffic". Now this "traffic" was a load of seniors going out, approx 70. Good god we don't want people to use the course after a bit of rain. Thing is it threw it down from about 6pm all night, but the course was open on Wednesday. ??????? Not as many out on Wednesday, approx 30 before 12 noon. I had a bit of an rant on the Senior whatsup group. Unfortunately......the course manager is on said group and wasn't chuffed. So much so he kindly rang me to have a right pop at me about it. I kept nice and calm and offered to pop in to discuss certain aspects of his management of the course, which he declined. He also suggested that I find somewhere else to play. What a nice man. It appears that free speech and having an opinion is frowned upon. I will be staying, just to get under his skin......LOL
You forgot to include 'With the same folk continuing to complain, this time about the poor condition the course is in because of the damage caused while the course was used while boggy'! An inch of rain (25mm) is an enormous amount for a course to absorb - only those on sand or other well draining bases are likely to be able to do so without considerable damage if play is allowed!I’d rather a course be closed to protect it, than turned into a mud Bath that takes longer to recover because some people can’t understand the need for it.