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Old 04-12-2012, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LAshby50 View Post
Doesn't Arizona get less rain than The Villages? When I golf in Phoenix the courses are always green. I have not been here long enough to live through a drought in TV and see the courses recover. I still play all my golf here but I hope the courses get some rain soon. Bonifay should close now that we have fewer people around. It is too nice a course to torture it with the stress of carts, divots, and players. If I play it again I am taking a hammer to put the tees in the ground.
Arizona gets water from the Colorado River, otherwise it would be a desert in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. At our meeting today they were mentioning the situation is getting close to the drought of 2000-2001. I wasn't here then, but people who were agreed with that assessment. Bonifay is under the restrictions of watering the tees and greens 3X weekly and the fairways only once per week. The rough and landscaping on the course can't be watered at all. They are trying to maintain the other courses on reclaimed water over the next week or so. Once they dip into the wells, those courses will also be on the same restrictions. Pray for rain. Looks like next Thursday is the best chance in the near future.