How is your course standing up to the weather?

Its raining heavy again now and after checking the forecast its not scheduled to slow down (not stop) until mid afternoon tomorrow and then continues to rain all Tuesday, the next 3 weekends have heavy rain forecast also :'(
 
Fish said:
Its raining heavy again now and after checking the forecast its not scheduled to slow down (not stop) until mid afternoon tomorrow and then continues to rain all Tuesday, the next 3 weekends have heavy rain forecast also :'(
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3 weekends ahead is to far for any level of accuracy.
 
We played today & managed 15 holes before the hail started, was blowing a gale so we decided to pack in. Good thing was that there was no standing water lying on the course even after we had a couple of drinks & a bite to eat.
 
Biblical rain overnight onto and already sodden course and I logged into the website just now and still open and trollers still allowed. I know it's the big senior roll up day but that makes no sense at all and the course, in my opinion, needs a few days recovery time as a minimum, certainly without trollies
 
Just checked the website and surprisingly despite all the rain:

08 February 2016 - Wee course
COURSE OPEN FULL GREENS

08 February 2016 - Rosemount
COURSE OPEN ON FULL GREENS
HOLES 6,7 CLOSED

08 February 2016 - Lansdowne
OPEN ON FULL GREENS
HOLES 1,4,8,9,15 REMAIN ON WINTER GREENS
 
Even if ours is open I doubt anyone will be playing today.......
Looking possible for Wednesday, not much rain due after this afternoon and decent winds too aid drying - might get a game after all...
 
Course fully open on all greens bar the temp hole which has been in use all winter

Will always bow down to the knowledge of the course manager - they are the ones who know what they are doing and it seems have no issues keeping the course open as much as possible and confident they will be able to recover any damage ( thats what they did last year )

Of course all the "experts" in the clubhouse appear to feel differently - maybe the club should have employed them to look after the course

It is funny listening to the same people every day up there sitting there passing on their expert opinion on greenkeeping - despite being accountants etc :D
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Course fully open on all greens bar the temp hole which has been in use all winter

Will always bow down to the knowledge of the course manager - they are the ones who know what they are doing and it seems have no issues keeping the course open as much as possible and confident they will be able to recover any damage ( thats what they did last year )

Of course all the "experts" in the clubhouse appear to feel differently - maybe the club should have employed them to look after the course

It is funny listening to the same people every day up there sitting there passing on their expert opinion on greenkeeping - despite being accountants etc :D
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Depends when these experts include, club captain and green keeper and get over ruled by the GM. Standing water in rough on every hole, on numerous fairways and most of the membership on Saturday said it was unpleasant and should be closed
 
Our course is fully open, but looking at the forecast, i think you'd be daft going out today.
 
Our course is closed again for the third day running, and after all the rain we have had recently I can't see it reopening for a while yet. I should add that our course is built on heathland with gravel subsoil, so it normally drains very well and has hardly ever been closed before, other than for snow. God knows what the courses built on clay are like at the moment! :(
 
Its not.

Been closed now for over a week, totally understandable as the course lies in a natural bowl. The greenkeepers done some excellent drainage work 2/3yrs ago but nothing that can handle the biblical proportions of rain we have had

The course looks great, but Secretary and Captain walked the course on Friday and its sodden

Can only hope for good weather and a lengthy 2016 season after a very slow start
 
Played on Saturday, only a couple of mats down and on every green although during the week they are recommending that the pin is left in for putting just to reduce the amount of traffic a little bit around the holes. Fairways are superb and actually rolling out a fair bit too!

Couple of the tee blocks are a bit soggy under foot and are starting to look a bit messy but generally I was very impressed with our gaff and the greenkeepers should be very proud of themselves, especially as the course has only been closed for 2 days!
 
Somewhat surprisingly after Storm Imogen ravaged the South of England, our course was fully open with trolleys fitted with Hedgehog wheels allowed today. In the sunshine and light winds it was actually quite pleasant out there, if a little damp underfoot in places. :)
 
I had an email from goring and streatley stating they are well and truly open and made the most of the chalk hills! Lucky for some! My course is still down to 9 only, its getting better each year with the work the grounds team do, but the amount of rain has been huge.
 
I used to be a member at Brighton and Hove, which is on top of the chalk downs and drains wonderfully. I joined Singing hills two years ago and this is now my second winter without Golf. As superb as it is in he summer, and as much as the reciprocals at East Sussex National help soften the blow, I really can't see me or any of my mates re-joining next year. We'll be heading back to some downland links. Pycombe or East Brighton looking favourite right now.
 
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