As of 6:30 a.m. this morning we were up to 2 inches of total rainfall over the last two days. We are currently in the middle of a heavy cell of rain so that number is going up. The river is currently at 8.95 feet and rapidly rising. The predictions from the National Weather Service are a little off and the river is rising much faster than expected. As the graph illustrates, the river has risen over 5 feet in the last few hours. Hopefully the NWS's current crest prediction of 11 feet is close and we will not see water on the golf course. In my experience, the faster the rise, the lower the crest and faster the fall. The predictions are merely calculated guesses so we will be closely monitoring the river and acting accordingly. Remember at 15 feet we start to take on water and around 16.5 we start to see real water running across fairways and bunkers and at 18 feet, greens 7 and 17 are under water.
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We are trying to mow greens today in between rain to keep them in check. The bunkers will take some work to get back in shape and carts will be restricted to the paths for at least the remainder of today. Hopefully, we avoid some storms Thursday and Friday and at least mow tees and greens. Fungicides will be applied either Thursday or Friday depending on weather.
