Wet, sloppy, messy...

Those are some of the words used to describe the current golf course conditions. Over the past couple of weeks, the course has received a substantial amount of rain.

Walk up areas to the tees can be slippery and unstable. This tee in particular gets limited sunlight at this time of the year due to the lower sun angle throughout the day and the abundance of trees. It receives less than an hour of sunlight per day.

When combined with the mucky soil structure of a marshland environment, drying of the soil becomes a definite issue for the turf. Coincidentally, the tides are running at their highest point of the year causing everything on the eastern shore to drain more slowly.

Seed is being applied now to help fill in some of these spots throughout the course. Tree work will continue throughout the winter to help alleviate some of the airflow and sunlight penetration issues.