2009 has been a tumultuous year at Vail Golf Club. We began the season with Landscapes Unlimited moving into town for the irrigation project and to renovate #3 tee. The third hole was the focus of much attention early on. Then the rains came and came and came. LUI continued to work through the weather until they completed in the middle of August. September was the busiest month of the year for golf with numerous (and successful) tournaments.
The staff explored new ideas with pace of play management and at the end of the year the GCM staff began constructing some new tee boxes of their own on holes four and eight.
As I eluded to earlier, the weather has been a bit out of sorts in 2009. So here are the final weather numbers. (We obtain daily weather information since 1990):
The highest daily temperature recorded: 83 degrees Fahrenheit
The lowest daily temperature recorded: -12 degrees Fahrenheit
The coldest December in 20 years with an average of 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit
The driest November in 20 years with a total of 0.60 inches of moisture, edging out 1999 with 0.66 inches of moisture.
21.23 inches of total moisture
3.15 inches fell in June (wettest month)
179.5 inches of snow for the calendar year
42 inches fell between October 1st and December 31st
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