Golfdom, October 2012
w w w g o l f d o m c o m Golfdom 21 days round We were so saturated that we couldnt get back out there and play We had eight inches of rain in August including a three inch bomb on the Sunday before the tournament week started In 2008 and 2009 Wood says he and his staff spent the winter installing French drains in just about every landing area that was flat that didnt have very good surface drainage sandcapping the drains on the fifth sixth and eighth fairways Eleven holes on the course have a creek running through them some parts of which are silted over But getting a permit to alter the creeks may be difficult Instead Wood says he noticed a pond on the course could be enlarged and dredged to handle some of the excess water Plans are underway to make that adjustment Continued on page 24 No 16 at TPC Scottsdales Stadium Course holds 20000 spectators
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