August 22, 2013
Well, we avoided rain for a few weeks. Nothing in Canada, Detroit, or Indiana. Our streak came to a crashing halt this morning at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club. We arrived to the course and proceeded as normal. I was starting, so I got to the first tee and started the first few groups.
It was raining for most of the morning but nothing crazy. All of the sudden it starts down pouring and storms were in our area. We had to pull the juniors off the course, most of our staff thought it would be a quick delay before we got the final round going for good.
We were all very very wrong. The storms and downpour continued for a long time. The downpour was vicious and storms were in and out. Fiddler's Elbow is surrounded by rivers. The combination of rivers and downpour was not a strong one. By 10 am the course was flooded. It was crazy, I had never seen a course so underwater as this was. There was a current running across the Nos. 1 and 18 fairways. The river had completely flooded and run on to a large portion of the course.
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| The view from No. 18 green post-storm |
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| More evidence |
Needless to say we were unable to continue the final round. Unfortunately this tournament was only 36 holes. With all the rain this summer it is kind of surprising that this was the first time we had to shorten a tournament.
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| No. 1 at FECC underwater after the rain |
The week was great in New Jersey. Kellen and Scott, the directors were awesome and us interns had a good time. To bad for the juniors that they could finish up, but still a solid week at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club.
Tomorrow morning we head to to Philadelphia for our next tournament, and my last with team five.
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