Well like everyone we suffered on the golf course after the very high winds of Wednesday night. Gusts of up to 80mph battered trees, buildings and spread debris every where. On Thursday morning the severity of debris and damage was so bad we had to close the course until the staff had inspected, cleared and made safe fallen trees. All told we lost around 10 big trees, mostly pines and silver birch. Some up rooted, some snapped off but overall the damage evident on every hole.
To get the course back open we started clear up, a couple of lads went out with chainsaws to remove the large trees. A couple with back pack blowers to remove debris off every single green. One with the tractor mounted blower to blow debris of fairways and semi into the tree lines. Finally one collecting any branches that couldn't be blown. Following blowing greens we then started the massive job of collecting all the debris. Yesterday and today we have cleared 90% of debris, with over 20 2tonne trailers of branches. The staff have done an incredible job to get the course back to normal, turning a disaster zone into a tidy course in 36 hours. Here's some of the pictures from the past 2 days.
With another storm front approaching let's hope we don't face another massive clear up operation come Monday.
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