Lengthy Rains Leaves Course Wet

These past few months have presented various weather challenges and they continue today. As I write this blog I am watching another inch fall on the golf course. From Beryl (Figure 1) to Debby and many days of rain this summer has made it a wet one.

Figure 1. Snapshot from The Weather Channel as Beryl dumps rain on The Ford Plantation.

In the last 42 days we have had 20 days of rainfall and very few days of sunshine in between. That is a whopping 48% of the time it has been raining. The below figure shows the percentage of days we received rainfall in the past four months with the amount of rainfall received:

                                                                    % d. rain     Rain (in)
                                                     May             29              6
                                                     June            29              6
                                                     July             32              3
                                                     August        52             11

The cloudy days have tested our Bermudagrass - a sun loving plant.  Members and guests can greatly help minimize the impact of the wet weather by avoiding wet areas with carts (Figure 2). Thank you for your cooperation.

Figure 2. Avoiding wet areas such as this one on #13 can help minimize turf damage caused by carts.