If anything in the golf course could be said to have taken a
hit from Matthew, it is the golf course. Like all the rest of
our plantation there were a lot of fallen trees and debris all over the course.
Their sandy soil is often very loose from all the water used to keep the
fairways grass green. That made it easy
for trees to be toppled in the wind.
Fallen tree on 18th Fairway near Club House
But the fairways closest to the marsh were dealt the
heaviest blow as they are most exposed to the wind.
Trees toppled on 18th Black tee off (above)
And Red tee off (below)
The wind also removed most of the sand from the back nine
sand traps (and in some locations replaced the sand with trash)
The sand trap on 13 is down to bare earth and at marsh level.
The marsh bordering fairways also are located in the lowest
elevations on the plantation. Five of the back none fairways showed evidence of
being partially covered in salt water during the peak of the storm surge. Needless to say, salt water and golf grass do
not mix well, so most the marsh
bordering fairways will need new soil and sod.
Marsh Cord grass left behind on the 12th,
16th,
Marsh cord grass on the 17th
and
18th
fairways.
Dock and cordgrass on 12th fairway
There was enough of a high water surge to float
some storm loosened crab docks onto the 12th and 16th fairways
Crab Dock on edge of 16th fairway and its sandtrap
The golf course maintenance people already have most of the
debris cleaned up, but it is going to take awhile to get the course area
re-sodded.
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