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After wet spring, golfers eating uiS heat wave SPORTS: Rub Mdiam'gle, Parkviow Rum- inglon Golf and (bunny Club's events w«ordinal0r. noted their course fielded some telephone calls from players Wednesday who wished to reschedule their rounds they had booked Fur 'Ihuniday in anticipation M the examine “math Sumo public mum-2. acknuwi- tidng the sweltering weather conditions. which included near romnthroaking temperatun-s ’lhursday. have been a don-mun. Summt-r dumn'l last mg) lung in those truth of tlw wuods. But when it arrivm. gallons tend to makv the mm! u! it. Or at least make the cflnn. What could make gulfch a link- hcsnam in taking m the fairwayx am- pon'ods u! a pmkmged heal waw as has. N‘K'IFIIII' case mm the last Wt‘tfk that's engulftxi “the pnwmcv. 'GET IOUNOS "0' "It's affected us." lohn Mcldlan. Ballanmu‘ Half ( Iluh general man ager. said of the "scum heat mum. “I'm sun' other courses have been afloat-d barium" ‘ HY MICHAEL IMYAKAWA mhavakuwukbwmxcom Mid â€"day specials 0n carts, green fees (-r fimxnalvd. If there's any rrunmlatiun In rhv mu-m oppmssivc weather. it a! low wprcsems a far better situ~ miun than what courses cndumd during the months of April and May when pvriods of min pn'wm - 0d gum-r3 from setting [out nu 1h» fairways. “This past spring was the worst I‘ve mm m my 30 years of being in the business." Mr, Mcbellan said. "In April and May. we lost close in I500 rounds. With the mathcr m lune improving m were 10 per ccm owr lam year a! the sauna lime. But we'n' still amund 1,000 rounds in the hula. m» need thrw good months to gel il back. But it'll be hard (0 make it up.” “Ram certainly hurts mom than the heat." said Ray Chan, head pm at the Maples of Ballammt' Gulf ( fluh near Smufi‘vilk'. Fixing their Inlsinese. has. been good, in pan due to promotional wotk Mr. Chan thinks golfers want to make tbrthekmttimethcycxm- noncod during the spring. "People want to get their munds in because of the poor spring that mg (hm-m'wcalhvr not withstand- “11w hand-come pliers will be out there. They'll play when they can and more people will play in wv had. In lune and My our Course has been rockingr In terms of the hot weathel. people want to play. All thcy net-11m do is to drink plen- ty of fluids to amid heat stroke.” he said. . ‘ Vl’um Aird, Bushwuod Golf Club’s business managu. concurred, JOHN W Ba-lantme pm says comse IS 1.000 wands banana last year thanks to weather mambmnuamwmmou WWW ldeMWMLm am 1/1118“!('l't’lu' (m 0mm The economy and Mn; landscape of the business at big- ger than the weflhet, Mt. Ahdsaid. 'l‘oenmumgeplayduringwarm- er perbds, the Markham course. which at one time was an lB-hole private layout owned by IBM. has discounted can rentals and green fees at some times. ‘ “The number of new courses has spread out the golf population. tend to get a msh in the rimming and then when it gets cooler later in the aftemoon." said Scott Haynes. Markham Gwen Golf Club's director ofgolf. "In between thosga times. (participation) tends to case off." v punltc course. 'l‘hu, aboveaverage tcmpcra- tun-s has generated more busi- ness in terms of players choosing tn mm pow-er carts rather than walk and consuming more cold beverages. ‘lhat adds up to added rm'cnuo. With the warth pan of the day running from amund'latc moming thmugh the afternoon. some traffic patterns am changing. the heat rather than in the he from the north Markham public course. Sunday-WiBeauty WWI: Wynn” DailyWeblVfl “If a ball lands in the rough. they’ll y! mom of a mil than if they are on the fairways." cited McCar- rige. “Out greem and fairways are looking good But if we had some rainmtheevenings. we'd haveeven better conditions for golf" Other playing trarka. such as Remington Parkvu-w (MN and Country Club, have been under strict water usage constraints Fairways. greens and too boxes still getwatenxi “()ur umrw squ'nmvndum said he saw some dry spots lhal he hadn't seen before. But we have lots of water whom a lot of places don't.” he said. Rain. which hun bus”)th dur- ing spring, would he ka‘mm'. “Right nuw our murw is in great shape. We have enough ponds on the course to gel us» going. Hm wc can always use rain rwr‘migm.” Mr (than said. Aliknuwlmiging his x uurw is the driest OH!» I 1-year hismry. Mr McIrllan it is wvll equipped m battle the summer Hemvms, 'l'herc‘s a huge market tur discount mg rounds." he said DRIES'I "0 COURSE HISTORY Wednesday ~ Home Garden Lmbaflmvw