The mild fall weather has allowed local golfers to keep playing on the Fort Hays Municipal Golf Course, and now they can resume using the back nine holes which was closed for some time.

New irrigation was installed this spring and the turf reseeded early this fall.  “It went really well,” says Jeff Boyle, Director of Hays Parks.

Whenever the ambient air temperature is cooler than 40 degrees, the course is closed.   “The ’40-Degree Rule’ has to do with the frost on the grass.  It (the grass) can be easily damaged by footprints or wheels on golf carts,” he says.