Winter is in full swing now which means cold temperatures and enough rain to make us long for those 100 degree days of July and August. Currently, we are in the midst of a particularly wet cycle in our weather pattern. Since last week, we've had roughly 6 inches of rain here and it definitely shows on the course. The most effected areas are the bunkers. Heavy downpours cause the sand to wash down the steep slopes and settle in the bottom of the bunkers. The damage that can occur in just minutes with heavy rains takes hours to repair.
First we have to skim any dirt and silt off the top of the sand and then we relocate the wet and heavy sand back to its original spot ensuring sand depths of 4 inches in the bottom of the bunkers and 2 inches in the face of the bunker. It's a very time consuming and labor intensive undertaking which can take 5 workers an entire week to finish. We have a large list of things we'd like to get accomplished this winter and our list of finished projects will be a lot smaller this spring if we put all our man power into fixing washouts as they happen.
That being said, with the heavier rains predicted for the better part of the week and weekend, we will hold off on bunker repairs until the weather turns for the better and our hours of work won't be washed away overnight. With a little luck and some cooperation from Mother Nature, we can get the bunkers fixed in the near future and continue moving forward with the rest of our winter projects.
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