Excerpt from GCM Blog on the PGA Championship Course Maintenance

Below is an excerpt from GCM's Blog at the PGA Championship. We are not alone in our struggles with rain. Take notice of the manpower used to restore the bunkers prior to the event.

News and notes from Minnesota

Random bits of information that I've stumbled upon during my first two days at Hazeltine for the 2009 PGA Championship. Prepare to be randomized!

• All told, the heavy rains that resulted in monumental bunker washouts around the course this past weekend took a heavy toll on staff as well. Superintendent Jim Nicol, CGCS, estimates his team spent nearly 450 man hours working on the bunkers — back-to-back 15 hour days on Saturday and Sunday for a group of about 15 workers.
• The course got about an inch and three quarters of rain on Friday, with a real drenching Friday night into Saturday of at least five inches of rain (and maybe more ... Nicol's manual rain Gage's near the maintenance facility hold five inches and both were topped off when the storm subsided).