THE 2022-23 summer flood was one of Riverside Golf Club’s biggest setbacks since it opened on April 27, 1935.

All the hard work by greenkeepers Tim Peterson and Ash Whitehouse to get the course in tip-top shape turned to nought when the flood struck in November 2022.

Once the water finally cleared, there was a scene of ruin, with 200-plus dying trees in need of cutting down.

“We had to take...