Chalk up the Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club as another victim of recent flooding in southeast Saskatchewan, at least for the time being.
Water levels on the course peaked last Wednesday and have come down significantly since then, but it may be up to two weeks before any damage can be identified.
"We won't be able to tell until we get rid of all the water," said general manager and pro Brian Dueck.
Officials were pumping water all day Monday in an effort to do just that.
Some of the carts, but not all, were removed from the grounds before the rush of water arrived.
The course would normally open for the season right about now, but the flooding and lingering winter effects are wreaking havoc with that plan.
"We probably would have opened the driving range (on Friday) if not for the weather," Dueck said.
"It's definitely going to disrupt the opening. I know everybody's chomping at the bit to get out there and we're ready to go whenever the weather wants to co-operate."
Dueck said the water came over the edge at about 7 a.m. on Wednesday and quickly submerged the back nine, which is still carrying the brunt of the excess.
He added that he's never seen flooding quite like this since joining the course nearly two decades ago.
"This is my 17th spring here and I've never seen this. (But) before the dam was put in, it was flooded annually. It serves its purpose but this year, for whatever reason, it didn't work."
Dueck also wanted to dispel rumours suggesting that Woodlawn was planning to overhaul the back nine this fall. The massive project is not scheduled to begin until 2012 at the earliest, he said.
