We finally had some luck with the weather this week as we worked toward today's Pro am.  There were enough showers and rain to keep the courses soft but some of the heavy storms thankfully eluded us for a change. The crew did a great job preparing the West course, particularly the bunkers.  The West course bunkers aren't good in the wet and were out of play all week as we dealt with the rain.  But come Friday they were in great shape and were a credit to the bunker crew this week.  The course was closed on Thursday afternoon for Pro am preps and the photo shows a greenside bunker on 1W late Thursday.  Some players just have no appreciation of what it takes to get a course up.

Went looking for a left hander with big feet but lucky for them I couldn't find them.

 

The battle with some herbicide resistant Poa annua (winter grass) has continued this year although populations aren't as large as the past two years, particularly in the greens even though the constantly wet conditions are perfect for Poa to thrive.  We have trialed a different product on the greens with no success again.  Some of our fairway trials have been successful but the product used can't be used on greens.  Hopefully we get some normal hot and dry weather in spring to help our efforts.