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Mother Nature added some new water hazards and disrupted the Powell Golf Club on Monday afternoon, as a flash flood dumped a “pretty extreme” amount of water on the course. The deluge …
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Mother Nature added some new water hazards and disrupted the Powell Golf Club on Monday afternoon, as a flash flood dumped a “pretty extreme” amount of water on the course. The deluge forced the club to close all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The back nine holes were reopened at 1 p.m. Wednesday and the entire course reopened Thursday.
“The sun’s shining, golf can be had,” said Macon Henry, the head golf course superintendent said Wednesday.
Monday’s floods washed out some cart paths and filled up the ditch that cuts through the course — turning its usual trickle to a deep creek that crossed holes 1 and 9, flowed over the top of Road 5 and then cut across holes 10 and 16.
While the water receded relatively quickly, it took some more time to repair the cart paths.
“My team can kind of handle anything,” Henry said, “But that was a lot of water.”
He quipped that, “I’m always praying for water out here, and I finally got it all.”
Councilwoman Lesli Spencer, who represents the City of Powell on the club’s board, reported earlier this month that things had been going well at the course. That included a big increase in rounds played by nonmembers.
“So far everything’s looking good,” Spencer said at a May 6 meeting.
On Saturday, the course will host the Victor J. Riley Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament, which benefits The Youth Clubs of Park County.
