The 2016 golf season is finally here.

At least it feels like it's arrived.

As usual courses opened in mid-April and golfers were greeted with cool, windy, wet and nasty weather conditions.

There were not a lot of A1 days to play but all has been forgiven now that the calendar has flipped to May.

Temperatures in the mid-to-high 20 degree celsius range will have that kind of effect on golfers.

"It looked like we were going to have a very early spring but mother nature chose otherwise,” said Laverendrye Golf Club manager Darren Dundas. “The greens came out fantastic. We've got no problem greens so far. Everything else is coming along after the water went away and we're starting to dry up nicely. It's looking fantastic."

Remember the more than usual precipitation we received during Allan Cup week back in the middle of April.

It hit areas of southern Manitoba hard including the 18-hole layout in La Broquerie as the creek that meanders through the course spilled over its banks.

Thankfully the water did recede real quick.

Dundas, who has been busy repairing a number of cart paths because of the high water, is looking forward to the heat we're expecting this week.

"As soon as we get those temperatures, and more so the overnight temperatures, the course will start getting really green. It's already greening up fantastic but with those temperatures it will be completely different course conditions within about a week or two."

FootGolf made it's debut at the La Verendrye golf course in 2015 and was a huge hit.

"I think we're going to exceed all expectations this year,” Dundas said. “We've already got phone calls from people wanting to get out there but we couldn't get them out there because of the dampness. I'm going to be going full force this week with FootGolf. It's becoming a great sport - people are loving it."