Hurricane @ The Pines

No, Hurricane Sandy did not come anywhere close to us here on the west coast and our hearts go out to all those affected by this horrible storm. But if you saw the mess we created between #5 & #6 today, it looked like we had strong winds from a hurricane knock down a couple of trees. Actually it was Tom at it again, knocking the last couple of dead pines down in the rough.



After another back 9 start for the golfers we were able to have a little more time to get most of the mess cleaned up with a little left for tomorrow, depending on the rain in the forecast.
One of the difficulties we had with cutting down these two trees was the location of the two irrigation clocks that were set right between the base of both trees. But again Tom and company were on top of the situation and as you can see from the picture below he came up with a pretty good idea to help protect the clocks. Fortunately he was able to fall the trees away from the clocks and so there weren't any close calls.



Here now is a before and after picture of the 5th hole. This should help open up the right half of the fairway for those playing from the blue tees.







- Posted by Austin Daniells, Golf Course Superintendent