Recap- Golf Course Floods

Following a record setting precipitation fall in May, some of the North Texas golf industry is still reaping the effects of the flooding. Bridlewood Golf Club faced rain 23 of 31 days in May, but was for the most part unaffected otherwise. While golf could not happen during those rain days, they only faced flooding on one green and were able to get the course back into its full capacity within that day with a full maintenance team effort to clear the green. Other courses were not as lucky, like Old American Golf Club, which is located on the east side of Lewisville Lake. With the Lake reaching its record level Old American was forced to close, and has remained closed, as they need the water level to return to at most 526 feet. Once that happens they face a recovery effort of cleaning off the 16 holes affected by water. Not all is bad as some recovery has already been able to take place. For 47 straight days the greens at Old American sat completely submerged under water, but with the lake level receding they have been able to salvage and clean up what they can, although they still face a long road for the course to be in its full playing conditions again.