Perhaps this isn't news, but my home club just sent out this blast email. Those are usually reserved for announcing "Hawaii Luau Night" and the like, but with unusual Texas weather conditions (now rain 44 of last 66 days), the superintendent has penned this (slightly in need of editng) message concerning maintenance, while stressing the upside that many courses are closed:
Golf Course Update
It has continued to rain and as of right now it is 10 days in a row receiving a measurable amount. With the over abundance of rain and the continued overcast skies, along with the high humidity, conditions are strong for disease. So to help control and suppress this activity we are taking some necessary steps. One of those is to raise the height of cut on the putting surfaces. We will also increase the applications of fungicide applied to the putting greens. With the ground being so wet now, every time we get any kind of rain it has no place to go so it stays on the surface which keeps the course very wet. It is turn has become necessary to stay on the cart paths. We are making every effort to keep all 18 holes open to play all the time, at this point we are one of only a few courses in the area that can offer that. With the wet course conditions we are also unable to get out off the paths as well and do our regular mowing, so the rough and fairways are not getting mowed on a regular basis. When the opportunity presents itself we do get out and do as much as we possibly can. The rain will stop and we will get to do regular maintenance again. So, until then, thanks for all of the help in keeping the course conditions as good as possible.
While I have heard of supers doing PR, I guess I wonder why this isn't more common as a regular update. Or is it at your club, and its just new to us?