The trees have been strimmed round and a total weedkiller applied so we can save time strimming and don't have to cut so close and catch the trees. The weedkiller should last between 4-6 weeks
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Today's Work
Another busy day today, We've even had Tony Marshall cutting the rough this morning, work is going into the winter greens, readying them for use
Tony Marshall, greens chairman cutting the rough on the 13th, he lost a ball in there at the weekend and is determined to find it! |
Mark overseeding one of the winter greens |
and applying top dressing afterwards |
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Tee cutting
Work on the 15th
Top Dressing again
Peter top dressing the 7th green, part of the on-going programme to get the greens running true & hopefully a bit faster
Friday 25 May 2012
Practice Green
Peter cutting the practice green in front of the clubhouse by hand, we are cutting the greens to 4mm at the moment but may reduce the cut further. The greens were checked with the stimpmeter yesterday and are running at 8...
Work ongoing
A few more pics of what's going on on the course, The bare patch next to the winter tee on the 6th hole has been re-seeded (cheaper than turf!) and roped off to protect it
Because of the wet weather we haven't been able to get in and cut the grass as often as we would have liked on the 6th fairway so, when it was cut there were a lot of grass clippings left, here is Julian picking the clippings up
And, even after all the rain we've had recently Mark is having to water the greens by hand!
Damage to rakes
Unfortunately we have a spate of vandalism on the 3rd, with the rakes being snapped, if anyone sees any people on the course who shouldn't be there, please let the office know.
This week
AS some of you will be aware some horses escaped from one of our neighbours last weekend and caused some damage, here are a couple of pictures on the greens and a picture of the culprits being led away...
Some of the hoof damage on the 16th green... |
...and on the 3rd green |
They were caught eventually and led away to be turned into glue!! |
Thursday 24 May 2012
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Monday 14 May 2012
Aeration
The greens are being star-tined to get allow aeration of the roots, this also helps with the drainage on the greens, the holes will close over in a couple of days
After the flood...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Top Dressing
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Still Closed
The course is still closed, though we are managing to get out and cut in some parts, some more views of the flooding below...
7th hole, looking down the fairway from the left |
The path through the woods, the water's gone down, it's only ankle deep now!! |
2nd fairway... |
The 6th, don't hit it left! |
The 6th again |
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