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Golf committee hears trouble calling frost delays; resident urges formal study
Summary
Sun City West golf staff said variable microclimates made frost-delay decisions difficult this winter; a resident urged the committee to form a study and committee members asked staff to quantify lost rounds and revenue for next month.
The Sun City West Golf Committee heard staff describe a difficult winter for calling frost delays and restrictions and agreed to seek more data about the financial and scheduling impacts.
Todd Patty, environmental services staff, told the committee that localized temperature swings made frost-delay calls “tricky this year,” noting that some holes at the same course registered substantially different temperatures on the same morning. Patty said December 2024 had three cart-path restrictions (compared with eight in 2023) and that January 2025 had five cart-path restrictions and nine frost delays, while…
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