Good morning.  One step forward, one step back.  The golf course just will not dry out.  Another half inch this morning closed the course until at least one today.  We finally have cooler weather which is half the equation.  Sun and plenty of it is now needed to begin seeding.  If we receive no more rain Monday looks like our day to start.  Once the worst fairways are seeded these will be marked MANDATORY GROUND UNDER REPAIR until further notice.

 

Finally some cool morning temperatures.

 

Deep tine aeration of tees Monday before we opened for play.

 

A closer look of Francisco in action.

 

Bayonet aerification of fairways on Tuesday.  We hope to complete this by the end of next week.

 

 

The fans are off!  We turned them back on today to facilitate drying after the morning rain.

 

 

One of the unfortunate circumstances of too much rain-poorly repaired ball marks.

 

This is the same mark after I repaired it properly.  It's not perfect but will recover rapidly unlike the pancake.

 

 

Three fairway this morning.  We were prepared to begin seeding today.

 

 

Four green looking as good as ever.  Better days are coming!