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Course conditions here at Creekmoor continue to stay wet. We received about 2.75" of rain since last Thursday. The course is going to take some time to dry out as temperatures are going to be good, but the ground is so saturated that the water has no where to go right now. It looks like we have more chances as the week goes on for more rain, so we will have to continue to monitor the situation. As the weather is changing some people probably assume that my staff and I get the opportunity to relax and slow down. Actually it is the direct opposite. We get the opportunity to start working on some of our bigger projects of the year without having a lot of golf balls flying on the golf course. We have been working on repairing a couple of our underneath sides of our bridge crossings due to high water flow and some erosion issues. The creeks have been washing out the back fill around the bridges which could lead to some serious problems down the road allowing the brides and cart paths to settle. We have made a tremendous amount of progress and should be finishing up on these in the next day or two. As soon as conditions start to dry out a little we will start some drainage work in the fairways. I would like to get some of these areas done as soon as I can so that the water doesn't sit there and freeze and cause winter dessication to the dormant zoysia grass. My staff has also been working on keeping up with the on-course mowing as the course conditions allow. We have also been spot spraying broad-leaf weeds in the rough and fairways and cool season grass in our fairways. Not only is my staff great at growing grass, but we can do some handy man work as well. We have been having some issues with water leaking into one of the turrets on the North end entrance area and causing us some issues on our entrance fountain. The issue has been corrected as we were able to re-shingle the roof and correct the problem. Speaking of the fountain it was drained and winterized yesterday to get it ready for the winter months ahead. I hope everyone had a great weekend. If you have any questions feel free to contact me at any time.