The end of the golf season is near.

Everyone knows the writing is on the scorecard - especially when the sunset is at 6:32 p.m.

"2017 started off as a great year," said Darren Dundas, the manager of La Verendrye Golf. "Then we had May and June which were a little damp. After that, July and August became very, very dry. We were very fortunate that we have water. We had no water issues this year. Course conditions were fantastic even with the dryness. The rough was a little dry but we're not concerned about watering areas that really don't need to be watered. The year overall has been fantastic and we're hoping October is great as well."

As wet as 2015 & 2016 were, the summer of 2017 will be remembered as spectacular months to play golf with what seemed like endless days of no wind and no rain.

"As a superintendent I'll take the dryness because I can irrigate," said Dundas. "When we have those wet years we can't do anything about it. The cart traffic doesn't stop. There is more damage with carts and everything else that goes on with dampness or wetness. Dryness, in my opinion, is definitely better. We can work harder to make course conditions better."

The precipitation finally arrived in the middle of September and carried on into the first week of October which Dundas says came at a perfect time.

"We starting to really, really dry out and we got a very good two or three days of timely rain and it's amazing what it did for the rough to bring it back to life and now all the areas that were dry are going into the winter, currently, in good health. That helps us out in the long run."

The 18-hole layout in La Broquerie has seen it's share of high water over the past decade.

"We'll never have all our bases covered on the flood aspect but when we do flood we're trying to prevent the major floods from doing too much damage," Dundas said. "The damage we can repair quite often but it's the time that it takes, the manpower that it does to repair that damage and the costs that are incurred. We did some flood control on the par three eighth hole. It's not going to stop the floods. What we're hoping is that it slows the amount of silt. That is our major goal is to slow the amount of silt that gets deposited on number eight."

Dundas remarked that traffic in July and August was great and numbers should be around the same as what they’ve been the past several years.

And then there’s October golf.

"You're hoping to get in one more round and us as as a golf course is hoping to get you golfing for another three more weeks," said Dundas. "If we can get into November like last year that would be fantastic."