A little wet underfoot!

This is the view along the path walking towards the 7th tee...

...and this is looking back towards the 2nd tee from the side of the fairway

Still Closed...

The course will be closed this weekend, (Sat 28th & Sunday 29th April) and will be inspected again on Monday morning when a decision will be made on whether we re-open
Here are a few more pictures of the state of the course...

12th faiway

Behind 13th green

Around 13th green

Pond on 13th fairway

Pond on 13th fairway again

The copse on the 9th 

And finally...
Peter looking for 20p that he dropped, it's in here somewhere & he's not going home until it's been found!

Why are we closed?

Some pictures to give an idea of why the course is closed...

14th 

11th fairway 

Between 11th green & 12th tee

9th green

14th hole

Path through the woods

Because of the wetness of the course we're trying to avoid heavy traffic on it so the path through the bog has been re-stoned, this takes about 12 tonnes of stone to complete

Stone being brought in & laid

How the path looks now

Top dressing

A 30 tonne load of top dressing being delivered, this will cover all the greens once, weather permitting, we always aim to do a heavy top dressing in Spring to help true the greens up.

Shelter Painting

Phil Robertson taking advantage of a break in the weather to put a fresh coat of paint on one of the shelters

Once I've got it painted I can get my bed in there...

Course Closed

Water running down the 15th green

Standing water on the 18th green

Due to all the rain we've had in the last couple of days (20mm since yesterday!)The course is closed, these pictures show standing water on the 15th & 18th greens after a shower

More Work from Last Week

The fairway on the 14th fairway has been tined and over-seeded where it was looking bare, this should start to look better as the weather improves

Last Week

Quite a lot of work carried out last week, pictured below is some of what went on...

The path on the 6th has now been finished, with the edging done, it now is starting to look better...

 The seat and ball cleaner have been moved down to the medal tee on the 6 tee, unfortunately the local tramp has already found it!!

Grass cutting

Jake, our apprentice greenkeeper on the mower getting  a chance to cut the tees, Phil is just out of picture supervising him

And Peter is out cutting with his new toy, the new fairway mower...

2 Old Coots

Coots spotted on the new 17th tee (or are they moorhens?)

Pesky Rabbits!!

Rabbit damage on the 17th tee, this was done by the 4 legged variety, not the golfing kind! The damaged area needed to be lifted, levelled and repaired with fresh turf

Feeding the Greens

The greens are in the process of being fed with a spring feed, here we see Julian applying the feed to the 17th green

What concentration!