It is amazing how quickly Mother Nature can change our plans in the golf course maintenance business. On Friday, we were close to wrapping up our bunker sand reconstruction project and I was planning to write up a post about that effort over the weekend. Then we had an F2 tornado rip down the middle of Main Street on Saturday night and wreak havoc on our golf course.
We suffered significant tree loss and damage, mostly along the areas closest to Main Street. Five of the big pines along hole 5 fell across Main Street and took out the utility lines. The driving range net was mangled. We lost a lot of the trees lining the main entrance. We’ve had multiple contracted tree services working alongside our regular maintenance team to clean up the course and get it back into service as quickly as possible.
I’ll provide a more thorough recap when we get things back to normal, but wanted to share a quick video of the damage.
We appreciate your many offers to help and your patience during this tough time. I am thankful for the tireless efforts of the first responders, the many utility and infrastructure workers that have been going around the clock, our tree service partners, our regular maintenance team members and other staff at the club, and the patience of the members of Bluegrass.
At the end of the day, we understand that we only suffered damage to a golf course. There are so many more in our community whose lives were changed so much more significantly Saturday night at 4:57 PM. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with them.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to email me at Tyler.Ingram@invitedclubs.com.