Clean & Place

In order to make it clear where the fairway finishes and the rough starts we are cutting the edges of the fairways to give better definition, this should avoid all those "is this fairway or rough?" debates...

This week

This week so far has been a good week for getting on the course, although it's a bit damp underfoot. 

First Picture is of Julian carrying out the thankless task of leaf collecting, at this time of year it seems to be like painting the Forth Bridge, you get to the end and start again!

We are also busy cutting greens, they've all been cut today for the midweek medal and all 18 holes are in play...

...the greens are in excellent condition for the time of year and we hope to be playing on them for some time to come. All the hard work during the season, verti-cutting, top dressing etc. has really paid off

Drainage

With every course in York closed today it's a good opportunity to show how effective the drainage is now on the course, the top 2 pictures show the cross ditch on the 8th hole at 7:30 this morning. The botttom 2 pictures are looking across to the 9th green, again the picture on the left was taken at 7:30 this morning, the hole was completely waterlogged. The picture on the right was taken around 2pm, it's amazing how quickly it's drained away...

9th hole this morning, taken through the rain...

...and this afternoon, with the sun shining

ERYGA visit Wednesday

We held the first fixture of the East Riding & District of York Golf Alliance on Wednesday and it was great to hear all the positive comments from the visitors, in the picture we see George ironing the 18th green to make it a bit faster. You can see Mark in the background making his way slowly up the fairway verti-draining, As we said yesterday, at 1kph it's a slow process.

Work on the course this week

There are a number of things going on this week, We're continuing to verti-drain the fairways, this takes around 2 weeks to complete the whole course as the machine moves at only 1kph!

Mark verti-draining the fairways

We're trying to keep on top of leaf gathering, pictured is Phil blowing the leaves into a row on the 17th so the collector can pick them up, the windy conditions are helping to get the leaves off the trees...