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| Thanksgiving day 2011 |
We had beautiful weather to start Thanksgiving at Sandpines. In fact, the weather was so nice in the morning that Jim and I decided to play a quick 5 holes (holes 14 -18) before we joined our families for the days festivities. Black Friday (today) started off even better, although the sun is currently playing peek-a-boo with a few clouds, but the temperature is 53 degrees.
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| Jim preparing to tee off on hole 14 |
This week, Jerry added the seasonal drain to the first green. The drain remains capped off about 8 inches below the surface of the green for a majority of the year. In times of heavy rain, the right portion of the green does not surface drain due to the shape of the green. The drain allows the green to drain quickly following heavy rain events. The drain is quite small, so it rarely impacts play.
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| 1 green seasonal drain |
Tuesday was pretty windy at Sandpines. We lost a few trees here and there, including a couple that blocked cart paths. The portable toilet on the driving range also blew over for the first time. Luckily, that was taken care of with a phone call to Buck's. The new portable toilet that was delivered was placed by the ball shack at the driving range, where it will remain until we get a chance to revamp the old spot a bit. Many of the greens were also covered with pine needles and had to be blown off. Wednesday was the wettest day of the month with 1.54 inches of rain recorded. The good news is, the extended forecast looks dry and sunny.
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| Tree blocking path near 12 green |
