250mm or 10 inches of rain thus far in March is the story of the week.  There is water still standing in places on the courses that I haven't seen before and despite 2 warm sunny windy days, it persists.  The fairways were that wet this week that we decided to not mow them which only really happens the day it stops raining.  March is fast becoming our reliably wettest month as per the 10 year figures below; 

Rainfall figures for March lately;

2016   241mm

2017   405    Flood

2018   212

2019   323

2020   276

2021   781     Flood

2022   592     2 x Floods

2023   93

2024   255

2025   800     Cyclone

2026   250     And we are still soaking wet!!

 

The greenside bunker on 13R was filled in this week and we were able to complete this work as it is so dry up there although there is some tracking damage.  Unfortunately the rain once again scuppered our works schedule for this week which has been a constant this frustrating summer season.  A large number of planned jobs have had to be parked until next year as it's now getting a little late for turf to establish quickly and our contractors are extremely hard to get.  We were also able to get a couple of bare spots on 12 and 14R greens re-turfed.  

And no excuses to be late for your tee time with the Centenary Clock finally being installed adjacent to the short range.  My photography skills are somewhat lacking as it's hard to get a good photo in the mornings but take my word for it, it looks very impressive before daylight.