Rain Update for 11/26

Last night we received 1.2" of rain in a 6 hour window. Currently this morning the rain has stopped and the radar map shows that we will be receiving scattered showers throughout the day. The golf course will open at 7am. We will be cart path only and not allowing medical flags. The driving range will not be open today, however the short game practice facility will be.
This morning we will be spending ample amount of time on repairing improperly fixed ball marks and working on the redistribution of sand in the bunkers.

Straight Down Fall Classic

Like Craig mentioned in his weekend release, we had the pleasure to play in the Straight Down Fall Classic this past weekend at San Luis Obispo Country Club. What a blast! Just a little background info: The Straight Down Fall Classic is a two man better ball pro-am event where the amatuers handicap are thrown out the window. That is right, even up, no strokes, play the back tees and every shot counts. The best part about the event is that the touring pros that represent straight down are also playing in the event. Including our local talent:

Jason Gore with his partner Kevin Marsh went on to tie for first place in a four hole playoff that was decided by darkness. Craig and I only finished a 2 shots behind them... Oh wait I missed a zero. I meant 20 shots. Yep those guys are good.

All the results and photos can be found at http://straightdown2.com/fall-classic/

As a result of last weekend I have now putted on some of the most difficult greens on the planet. San Luis Obispo CC is built on the side of a hill with greens that have some very severe slopes on them. In addition to the slope, the record breaking heat in the mid 90's caused the greens to become firm and VERY FAST. While I did not carry my trusty stimpmeter with me, I can assure you that if you were to find a spot on a green flat enough to take an accurate stimpmeter reading they would have been rolling in excess of 13'. Craig and I both had several times that we had putts inside of 20' and were very concerned about not three or four putting.

Be sure to check out the website for some pics of Craig, Freddy, Jason and the rest of the gang.

Ball Marks

Ball Mark Improperly repaired.

Ball Mark Properly Repaired.

Both of the ball marks started as relatively the same size and depth. As you can see the ball mark that was not repaired properly is an ugly scar and will take around 3 weeks to fully repair.

The ball mark that was properly repaired will take about 2 days to not be noticeable.

The end result of a properly fixed ball mark shows no soil. The grass has been knitted or pushed back in so as the grass once again covers that area. If you are struggling to repair ball marks so that they look like the bottom picture please ask one of our golf pros for a tip. They will be more then happy to give you a free lesson on repairing a ball mark.

More Weather News..

October start with a 100 degree day and now November has started with a rainy day full of lightening and hail. What a difference a month makes.
A few facts: In September we saw the high temperature climb over 92 degrees 20 days. In October the high temperature exceeded 92 degrees 16 days. This made October one of the warmest in history. Now November has started off with a .25" of rain. So what happened to fall?
As has been the story in the media over the past few days, California is in a serious water crisis. So all rain is welcome and we will continue our committment to use water in the most efficient manner.
**UPDATE: We ended up with a very welcomed 1/2" of rain for the weekend.**