It's impossible to let March 6 pass by without a mention of TC Alfred and the devastation that it left behind. I think I used the word carnage to describe the courses on the first morning and then it was even worse the second morning. We finished up at a count of 300 stumps when the removal and further appraisals finished. Not to mention the flooding rains. This was a quote from ABC news after the event;
The Tweed Shire Council was one of the worst-hit LGAs in the state, according to Superintendent Tanner.
About 640 millimetres of rain fell at the Tweed Heads Golf Club in the five days up to Monday, March 10, BOM senior climatologist Hugh McDowall said.
He said it was one of the exceptional totals, with the north coast recording an average of 200-400mm.
Just a quick reminder of some of the damage below. And I remember talking to Murwillumbah Course Super Brian Cox who barely had a branch on the ground!!
RHS 2W tee. 
Just the size of them!! 
LHS 9W and again the size??
The forecast for the weekend isn't looking good and hopefully won't bring the amount of rainfall that we got last year. We have some tree works programmed for 16W and also some earthworks planned for 14 and 16W fairways. They have been planned for these dates for several months to ensure we had our best contractors onsite. Sadly it may all be washed away although the tree contractors will be working near a hardstand access track so may well still be able to work if the rainfall isn't too bad.
We recorded rain each day this week with 40mm for the week including 25 overnight Thursday / Friday and given the humidity and heat the grass is well and truly jumping out of the ground. Our growth regulator applications are at levels I don't think I have seen before to try and keep the grass in check on fairways in particular.
And poor old 8R green copped some damage again. I don't know why but it always seems to bear the brunt of damage when morons decide to drive vehicles on the course. At least this time they didn't break the turf canopy so the damage will grow out unlike the damage sustained just prior to my arrival all those years ago!!
This was caused by a car. 
Last weeks efforts followed the Ebike two weeks ago.
