7th green at Green Mountain National Golf Course

7th green at Green Mountain National Golf Course

And no... the headline does not refer to some of the beverages served in local establishments!

For the last 2 days, Killington has not experienced torrential rains. Both the Green Mountain National and Killington Resort Golf Courses have been soaked over the last several weeks. But a couple of days of partly sunny skies combined with temps in the mid 70's are making a huge difference.

I was fortunate enough to play at Green Mountain National this morning. Course conditions were excellent The fairways had dried out enough to allow carts on them using the 90 degree rule. Earlier in the week the greenskeeper had the greens vericut and lightly top dressed with sand. The greens were in pretty good shape today. A couple of more cuts and a roll, and they will be in fabulous shape for next week (assuming we don't have any more torrential rain.) I played my quarter-final round in the Presidents Cup this morning versus Nick Chiarella from Dominick's Pizza (behind Cafe Toast at the rear of the parking lot with Choices. Good hand made pizza by the way... well worth a try) I had my low round of the year so far, which was a good thing because I was giving Nick 6 strokes. The match went to the 17th hole where I rolled in my par put to close out Nick 2 and 1.

With any luck, we are moving out of the very rainy pattern. With fall foliage season just around the corner, I would like to get a few more rounds of golf in sunny, warm, weather.

If you have a chance to get out on the course, keep it in the fairway...and don't forget your sunscreen!