Championship Day

After 2 days where we haven't been able to get on the course due to hosting Yorkshire events it's time to get the course ready for championship day, pictures show George cutting the green surrounds this morning and Julian rolling the greens to make them smoother (& a little bit faster!)

Pitch Marks on the Greens

The two pictures below show the number of pitch marks left on the greens overnight, please take note of the below and repair your pitch marks as soon as possible. Each ball in the photos represents and unrepaired pitch mark which has been left overnight...


"A correctly repaired pitch mark will recover in 24 hours. An unrepaired pitchmark left unattended for two hours will take up to two months to recover. Unrepaired pitch marks also foster disease and infections in the green."

Hedge cutting

We are trying to get the course looking its best for Captain's Day on Sunday, it's time to cut the hedges now, these pictures show the 8th hedge being cut and the edges of the ditch  are being done at the same time using the same machine.

The hedge being cut

and the ditches as well

The greens

Yesterday the greens were cut, then verti-cut followed by another cut...

Julian giving the green its 2nd cut of the day

 ...then today we are ironing them so they are going to be on top form by the weekend, hopefully, as long as we get some good weather they will stay in good condition for the rest of the season

and George using the greens iron to smooth them and make them quicker

Mower update

We have borrowed a new greens cutting machine whilst we're waiting for parts for ours, this means that we can take the cut down again

Peter trying his new loan toy out on the 14th green

And whilst the rest of the greens staff are busy on the course Phil has decided to get inside one of the machines, I'll leave it to your imagination as to what he's doing...

Actually he's tightening his nuts up!

Greens

We are stripping the cutting unit down from the greens mower, ready for the new cylinder, as the end drive shaft has sheared off. (It must be all the work we do!)

Because of this we are using the old units which are cutting slightly higher. This means that the greens will be

slightly slower,  but we will soon be back to normal.

Whilst the cylinder is out we are taking the opportunity to re-grind the bottom blade so that it sits true to the cylinder.