When will it end?

[AmandaJR]

Well it's been a lovely day but ground conditions only fun if you're a duck! Course closed and, whilst they've set up the short Par 3 course on the driest holes, it's not looking promising for the weekend. So today I visited two different ranges for the variety!

 

[Blue in Munich]

Add Cuddington to that list. We'd survived so far but popped in today, 18th green & putting green ponding well (main greens are USGA spec, not sure about the putting green), temporary greens and powered trolleys banned. Might not be bothering with the comp on Saturday morning.

Edit; meant to add chalk base, very free draining, so we only usually suffer through snow because of the relative altitude

Amend that to course closed today & tomorrow, decision tomorrow on Sunday.

 

[Bratty]

Westerham was closed today, is closed Saturday, but maybe open Sunday, which has been the same for the last 3 weeks (except the last two Sundays have then been closed too!).

Annoying to say the least!

 

[Andy808]

Our course was closed on Thursday for the first time I have heard of since it opened 26 years ago. I'm expecting it to be closed tomorrow and for the foreseeable future if this weather doesn't get A LOT better quickly.
On a plus side they are doing up the driving range with new fancy mats, new lighting for evening practice and a new doorway so it will be open 24 hours a day. I do hope they put in a coffee machine then it'll be ideal when I can't sleep!

 

[G1BB0]

couldnt even get to the range due to flooding and found out its closed anyway... probably will at the weekend aswell due to weekend forecast

annoyed but what can ya do

 

[Fish]

couldnt even get to the range due to flooding and found out its closed anyway... probably will at the weekend aswell due to weekend forecast

annoyed but what can ya do

Why is a range closed, if there's balls available you can still fire then away even into deep snow as long as the bays are clear?

 

[G1BB0]

local flooding Robin, there is another but cba driving there as opposite side of the town and too pricey for my tight northern wallet

 

[Foxholer]

Why is a range closed, if there's balls available you can still fire then away even into deep snow as long as the bays are clear?

Because when they run out of balls in the machine(s), they'd have to go and pick them by hand and probably wouldn't even be able to do that! Serious H & S issue wandering about picking up balls with more flying out at the pickers. and if the ground is soggy, they'd probably imbed anyway - so a decent proportion would be 'lost'!

 

[Fish]

Because when they run out of balls in the machine(s), they'd have to go and pick them by hand and probably wouldn't even be able to do that! Serious H & S issue wandering about picking up balls with more flying out at the pickers. and if the ground is soggy, they'd probably imbed anyway - so a decent proportion would be 'lost'!

I think you need to read my post properly and take account of where I say "if there's balls available" It wouldn't matter if there was 3ft of snow out on the range or 3ft of water, if the shop was open and the bays clear and the machines full, take the money and empty them and when the range is back in order to collect them safely without people obviously still firing them at you, they'd be collected.

I found your reply bizarre to say the least!

 

[Foxholer]

I found your reply bizarre to say the least!

I'll try a different tack then.

How long do you think it takes to 'empty' the machines - if they are not being gathered/collected.

Once the machines are emptied, what happens?

The gathering/collecting machines cant work when it's soggy/waterlogged - or 3' of snow!. So hand collection only (if any) and nobody can use Range while that's happening! By the time it's deemed Ok to gather them, most are stuck in the ground and the machines won't gather them anyway - most have to be dug out by hand!

Then the balls have to be washed - that's a lot more difficult with soggy ground! And, as I posted earlier, the number of balls that just imbed into the soggy ground and are lost for use by the Range is extremely high!

So while it may be possible - to use the balls that are in the machines before closing (yes, I did see that), it's impractical from the Range's point of view so they close it!

 

[Imurg]

I remember a few years back my local range lost somewhere in the region of 5000 balls to the mud during a similar wet period. That's a lot of balls to lose over a week or two...

 

[Oddsocks]

I'm actually feeling sorry for clubs, 2-3 months lost revenue could put a few vulnerable clubs to the wall.

We are lucky enough to have a 14 hole loop open, but that's from 27 holes and our course spend almost half a mill on drainage a few years back and it's still struggling, clubs with poor drainage or are under water are gonna be on a real knifes edge!

 

[AmandaJR]

Our place is open on the Par 3 manufactured course - all temps too. It is (only just) better than nothing and admire their efforts to get some golf possible. If I could only play weekends then I'd be heading up for a couple of rounds as it only takes an hour!

 

[davidy233]

Beautiful day here, course will be busy - sadly I've already been out photographing amateur football this morning and I've got a pro football match to shoot this afternoon - got to pay for the new Pings somehow.

Not touched a club all all week and I've got a lesson tomorrow morning - I can see it now "You've not been doing your homework boy"

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Closed - inspection tomorrow morning but more rain forecast for later this afternoon and this evening

 

[Laka]

Recived an e-mail from Saunton this morning , Competions during weekend and monday is postponed and carry is only allowed now,,,,,well hope weather will improve soon,,only 2 months left before we will visit Devon area.....ne:

 

[Alan P Mills]

CalcotPark closed for a second Saturday in a row, my only golf day of the week.



The 10th has a new stream.

 

[In_The_Rough]

Played this morning. Dry but the wind was brutal so scoring was a lottery. Was happy with 13 over in todays contions

 

[Deleted member 15344]

12 holes open so we did 2 9's - only a couple puddles around

 

[One Planer]

We had a biblical deluge Wednesday. We're still closed as waterlogged.

If I wasn't on the sofa with flu I'd be at the range