[Michael Wolf]

I saw a few tweets this morning that The Honors took a direct hit from one of the tornados that went through Chattanooga last night. Was wondering if anyone had any additional info?


Hopefully the Sunday overnight time frame helped avoid any injuries.


Michael

[David Wuthrich]

Honors Course director of golf Henrik Simonsen pretty much uttered those exact words to describe the destruction done to the state of Tennessee's most famous and spectacular course.[/size][/font]
[/size]"So much damage, devastating," he said of the hundreds of trees that were stripped of the majority of their limbs or, in his words, "cut in half. You wouldn't believe it. But the clubhouse is fine. The guest houses are fine, other than the lodge, which a tree fell on. Even that was lucky, though, because normally we have people staying there on their way home from the Masters. But with the Masters postponed, no one was there, which was good, because I don't think anyone would have made it out alive."[/color]
[/size](READ MORE: Powerful overnight storms kill 7 in Murray County, Georgia; at least 23 people injured)[/size]
[/size]That doesn't mean it won't take time to get the course up and running again.[/color]
[/size]"It will take the rest of the summer to get it back," Simonsen said. "But this golf course will be as good as it's ever been."[/color]
[/size]However, to return to that other problem we're all facing — the coronavirus — the Honors' next big event is a fundraising tourney for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golf program that's scheduled for September.[/color]
[/size]Noted Simonsen: "The golf course will be ready. It's more a matter of whether or not the coronavirus will be gone by then."[/color]

[jeffwarne]

yikes....
saved by a pandemic..yikes

[Bruce Wellmon]

A member friend told me the tornado "leveled all trees on 9,10,11,12,13 and partial trees on 15."

[John Kavanaugh]

Penal golf makes for stronger people.

[Chris Cupit]

Thankfully, no one was hurt but the damage to the course and property was severe. 


The clubhouse was largely spared but some of the cottages and a new cottage being built were hit.


From the pics the club sent the trees between holes 9 and 10 were completely wiped out.  Trees between the left of 10 and the driving range were also severely damaged and wiped out. 


Henrick and the Board have been communicating well with us and I can't think of a better team to help the club through this difficult time.  It will be a long cleanup but we are all hoping things are back to "normal" by the end of the summer.

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