A southeast golf course has found a way around the closure of the only road to and from it. Build another one. The Mill Woods Golf Club received a permit from the City of Edmonton to build a path for drivers from a nearby road to its parking lot. The plan to establish the route from Granlea Crescent to the lot has hatched after a swollen Mill Creek, which runs through the golf course, spilled over its access road during this month’s record rainfall in Edmonton. The washed-out road and flooded course has forced the golf club to close for more than a week. That means lost profits during peak season. “An average busy day in June is $25-30,000 with golf and carts and all that stuff, so it’s a big impact on our year-long revenue,” Todd Paquette, superintendent of the Mill Woods club, told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday. “We’re hoping we can gain some of it back, but to gain all of it back would be almost impossible.” After five millimetres of rain fell on the city on Monday night during a spectacular thunderstorm, June’s total is now 260 millimetres of rain, a new city record. The previous high mark was 1914’s 217 millimetres (8.5 inches back in those Imperial measurement times). For now, the driving range at Mill Woods is open. Several courses open following record rains While Mill Woods, Country Side and Fort Saskatchewan are among Edmonton-area public golf courses that are closed because of soggy turf, several are – somehow, some way given the excessive amount of rain that’s fallen on the city – open and welcoming golfers. Here’s a list of who we know is taking tee times. Most courses are either restricting power carts to designated paths or are walking only. Here’s a list of who we know is taking tee times. Closed until further notice With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Noah Rishaug
