Why are tee tops burned up?

 Many of you may be wondering what happened to some of the tee boxes and fairways? They were lush and soft and now they are burned up and hard as a rock.

Reasoning; On a Thursday I had noticed some hot spots beginning to develop on greens #3,4,5,7, so some extra hand watering had been applied as we usually do.
 By Saturday morning these same greens were drying up quickly and the tee boxes had begun to dry out along with the fairways. Saturday morning three hours worth of hand watering greens wasn't enough to slow down the drying up conditions, therefore a second trip out for the day to hand water had to be done.
 Sunday morning holes #2,3,4 were smoking hot, we then found out #4 fairway controller near #4 green had caught fire and burned up the inside of the controller. When the signal was sent out to start irrigation at night it was getting backfired and ended up knocking out the power to the controllers on holes #2,3,4,7. Once again I spent the day plus the evening out at the course hand watering and watering with sprinklers that I could get working.
 Monday morning same procedure kept going all day. Our Irrigation Technician Serafin Gomez was able to get the controller at #4 rebuilt. We then tested the signals and all was good was again.
 So for the next 7 to 10 days you could be seeing some discoloration on tee tops and fairways, just be aware we our fighting clawing to get the course back to good condition.

Thanks
Willy Plowman
Golf Course Superintendent