Dixon Jowers › 19th Annual Four States Open Sponsored By Latitude 64 September 2 at 7:27pm
Played Lion and Eagle on Saturday. Nice courses that are well maintained.
However, both me and my playing partner have, literally, at least 100 tick bites on our feet. Is this normal out there?
I don't think they're ticks. Someone said oak mites? But yeah, both feet, ankles, and lower legs were absolutely covered after 4 rounds out there last year.
They are chiggers. The first year I played the tournament I got chigger bites all over my ankles/feet. The 2nd year I sprayed my ankles, legs, feet really good with a spray for that before, during and between rounds. Thar worked well.
Chiggers
Are chiggers visible? Because these were visible, although extremely tiny and hard to see, hours after the fact when I took my socks off.
I played on Friday (first time there) and had the same thing. I didn't spray anything before and came out with tons of bites on my ankles and legs.
Such a great course though!
We call them seed ticks and they are very bad this year. Wearing pants is best in those woods. We had a crew working at the course today for 4+hours hauling out debris in the woods (off the fairways) and I came home with only a few seed ticks on me wearing pants and not spraying beforehand.
I highly recommend Lemon Eucalyptus Oil. They sell it at Bass Pro Shops and it works great. I played Lion Blue two weeks ago in shorts, sprayed that stuff on and not a single bite. Been using it all year.