While on a recent trip to Moline, Ill., for a retirement party for a friend, Dave Fearis, GCSAA's director of membership, heard about some major storm damage that happened just south of the area in Coal Valley, Ill. His friend Troy Shattuck, a 22-year GCSAA member and superintendent at Oakwood Country Club, said they received a hail storm the week before that produced 2-inch hailstones. One of the hailstones even broke a bone in the hand of one of the crew members. The top photo shows what it did to the greens. Look close to see how extensive the damage was.
A friend of mine lives about an hour southeast of Oakwood CC in Elmwood, Ill., just outside of Peoria. The same storm must have hit her area because the entire town was out of power for three to four days. There was significant damage to her driveway, home foundation, garage door and the backyard. To the right is a photo of her backyard...
Her lightpost...
And the town square...
Any other superintendents out there in the area whose courses sustained damage from the storm? Send us your pictures! E-mail me at ddevictor@gcsaa.org.
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