There were a few extra water hazards on the St. Paul golf course Friday after an early morning storm dumped over two inches of water in the area. Course Superintendent Curtis Collins said in the six years he has been working in St. Paul, he has never seen so much water on the St Paul Golf.
The water overflowed the culverts, forming a river through the golf course flowing toward the lake. The water flowed onto the course, forming large puddles.
The current was so strong in some parts that Collins said it would be a safety hazard if someone tried to wade across.
For that reason, the front nine was closed until the water cleared but he said the back nine was still open if some dedicated golfers still wanted to go out.
Anyone wanting to golf would have to do so on foot because carts were banned from the course for the day.
There were reports of hail in the County of St. Paul, southeast of town, said Agricultural Fieldman Dennis Bergheim.
He was not sure how much damage was caused by the storm but said some low-lying crops would likely be flooded.
“Haying has been very difficult this year with all the rain,” said Bergheim.
“We might end up with a two month haying season instead of two weeks.”
All crops could use a couple of weeks of warm dry weather to mature, said Bergheim.
He noticed some canola crops are uneven because of the wet weather and need sunshine to develop properly.
