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Storm closes Baywood Greens course for clean-up

Hanging branches have to be removed for safety
The storm that passed across the golf course at Baywood Greens left a trail of downed branches and trees. SOURCE BAYWOOD GREENS
Dennis Forney
June 26, 2012
Large loblolly pines were some of the victims of the storm. SOURCE BAYWOOD GREENS
Some homes in Baywood suffered minor damage from falling trees and branches. SOURCE BAYWOOD GREENS
Some of the trees that went down at Baywood were young and healthy which gives an indication of the power of some of the storm's winds. SOURCE BAYWOOD GREENS

The violent thunderstorm that crashed and flashed its way through eastern Sussex County Monday left a trail of downed trees and damaged homes and buildings in its wake.  At Baywood Greens, Robert Tunnell III said the course is closed on Tuesday so limbs and branches can be cleared. "There's  stuff hanging in the trees. Bad.  We don't want a falling branch to hit a golfer or anything like that." He said the course would reopen on Wednesday, June 27.

The storm hit during a summer when Tunnell said economic activity is beginning to strengthen. "We're starting to sell homes again and we're actually in the process of preparing 20 new lots for homes on the back nine of the golf course.  That's working out pretty well because we had to slow down for a while on development of the third nine of our golf course. We were able to move the guys working on the course over to preparation of the lots." That nine-hole expansion of the Baywoods Greens golf facility is a Scottish-style links course which - when complete - will create a 27-hole complex for Baywood Greens. The third nine of the course is located west of Route 24 while the first 18 are east of 24.

Tunnell said continuation of work on the course is awaiting approval of water permits from Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.  "We can't develop any more holes until we have more water for them," he said.

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