Back To "Normal"

The course is begging for fall.  We are all on our last leg from a grueling month in the heat and dry weather.  The course is doing well considering the record setting number of rounds and extreme weather, but we can do a lot better.  The virus was a very good reason to make some of the changes we made for safety, but it's time to revive some aspects of basic golf etiquette.  We need help from golfers in a few areas:

• Fixing ball marks and filling divots does not put you at greater risk for getting Covid.  Our Divot Filling Team has been tremendous, but you're free to fill your own as well.  
• You could argue that touching a rake is a risk and judging from the bunkers, it is clear people are either very afraid of the rakes or have gotten used to not using them.  As of mid-July you must play the ball as it lies in bunkers so remember to smooth out the surface neatly before exiting the bunker.  
• Cart traffic is obviously a tough one with the record setting rounds played in addition to the large number of single riders.  We are getting great support from just about everyone regarding cart traffic, but I still see a lot of carts in strange places.  We even had 4 carts off the path on a par three last week.  Remember to avoid driving in the rough at all costs, no more than 2 carts can leave the path on any given hole, and all par threes are cart path only.  When it's this hot, cart traffic is even more painful to turf.

There are two rakes just outside the view of this picture. 
That's gonna be a tough shot for the next player that finds this bunker

The next few weeks are going to be very tough.  August is always a grind and we have Ladies Member-Member, Men's Member-Guest, The Fredericksburg Am, and Club Championships over the next 4 weeks.  We need your help to make those events as good as they can be.