Both Courses are Now
Closed for the Day (9/27)

Well… we tried to open, but Mother Nature had a different opinion. 🌧️

While this morning’s rainfall might have seemed small, it was enough to fully saturate the courses to the point where play would cause damage. Unfortunately, the additional water runoff from the HOA has undone much of the work our grounds crew completed earlier today. Please do not drive through the courses or attempt to play.

For the protection of the course, both courses will remain closed for play today.

We appreciate your understanding and patience as our team continues working to restore conditions.

Why Does the Course Flood So Easily?

Many members often ask why our courses flood after even a moderate rainfall. The answer goes back to the original design of the community.

If you look around, you’ll notice that all the homes and surrounding streets sit at a higher elevation than the golf courses. This was done intentionally by the developers. During rain events, water from the entire community drains down into the golf courses’ catch basins. This design ensures that homes and streets remain protected from flooding, but unfortunately it means the golf courses take on runoff from far more than just the courses themselves.

As a result, it doesn’t take much rain for the courses to flood. In fact, just a half-inch of rainfall is often enough to force course closures due to the heavy runoff. Yesterday’s nearly two inches far exceeded that threshold. While we were able to open this morning, the extra rainfall we had this morning put it over the edge again.

It’s hard to believe we’ve already made it to September! Throughout the summer, our team has been working hard to keep the courses healthy and alive (its hot here), applying heavy morning irrigation to create the warm, humid environment Bermudagrass needs to spread and fill in ahead of overseed. The summer is mainly healing and preparation for the winter and our winter overseed. With the arrival of our (somewhat late) monsoons and higher humidity, we’re were able to start cutting back on water now. However in a couple weeks, we go the opposite extreme and begin drying the courses to push the Bermudagrass into dormancy before transitioning to our winter grasses. Its an annual battle of two completely different grasses none which are native to Arizona, but that is Desert Golf for you!

The Vistas Course will close for overseeding from September 29 through October 17, and the Lakes Course will close from October 13 through October 31. Both courses will officially reopen on November 1. You’ll notice a short overlap in these dates—something we always try to minimize. However, mid-October provides the best weather window for successful overseed, and aligning both courses as close to that period as possible gives us the strongest chance for great results. While our goal is to keep the overlap to only five days each year, the weather can be unpredictable and sometimes forces adjustments as it did last season. If we seed when it is too hot, it will just be a waste and if we wait to long it will take to long to grow. It is like threading a needle.

During this short window, the Thursday RAZZ group will once again host their annual Prescott Outing, open to all members and guests (details at the end of this email). October also marks the start of ticket sales for our annual winter concert—information can also be found below. With the monsoons starting to wind down, all we need now is for temperatures to dip below 100 before September 29. Fingers crossed!

Both Courses are Closed Today - June 2
We finally got some much needed rain, but it seemed to all come at once and has flooded the courses. As such, both of our courses will be closed all day..

However, every cloud has a silver lining, and in this case, it's a shiny, irresistible "Rained Out Sale" at our golf shops! To brighten up your day, we're offering:

• 25% Off All Apparel and Hats
• 25% Off Most Putters and Wedges
• 20% Off Balls, Gloves and Bags 

For those who still wish to defy the elements and work on their swing, our ranges will be open at 8am. Just swing by the golf shop to get started.

We appreciate your understanding and hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to stock up on some great Westbrook gear at even better prices. Here's to hoping we'll see the sun sooner rather than later, but to be honest I think it was 113 last June 2!