After Hurricane Ian rolled through Central Florida last September, UCF head women’s golf coach Emily Marron dropped by the Knights’ practice facility at Twin Rivers Golf Club in Oviedo, about 10 minutes north of campus. While some flooding prevented Marron from getting a close look, the team’s golf house on the back of the range was above water.
At least it was then.
A day later, the Little Econlockhatchee River began to rise, and it wasn’t long before the facility was nearly 5 feet underwater. Inside, everything was destroyed – locker rooms, hitting bays, video equipment, even the $40,000 putting room and PuttView virtual green that was installed the year prior.