This week

Work has started on building the new yellow tee for the 1st hole, this is part of the programme to prevent balls going onto the A64.

Work starting on stripping the top level from the old tee

starting to build the height of the tee...

& levelling work starting

Once the preparation work is completed the tee will be left to settle then levelled off.















Rootzone and top dressing will be added to the top of the tee prior to turf being laid.

More work this week

We have been adding trees into the copse on the right hand side of the 3rd fairway to add more definition to it

Holes being dug for the trees (that digger gets everywhere!)

How it looks now...

This week

Whilst we are still working on the 16th hole & 18th there is still work to do on the rest of the course, as it is drying out a little it's been a good opportunity to dig out some of the ditches

The ditch along the 10th hole after completion

Work on 16 & 18

Work is continuing on pollarding trees on the 16th and new trees going in to give a better definition to how the hole will look; Askham Bryan College have pollarded some of the Poplars for us, this is a great chance for their students to get some practical experience and helps us too!

Trees pollarded by Askham Bryan College students on the right hand side of 16

 This has been a great opportunity to move trees and plant out more, there is a good mix of trees going in with maple, rowan, silver birch, oak, alder, beech & lime trees being planted.

Digging out ready for planting...

Pines being moved from the left of the 18th green

Another pine tree being moved

The copse between the 16th and the practice ground taking shape

Larger trees are being planted to give better definition, this beech tree could grow to 80 -100 feet tall & live for up to 300 years, so it will see us out!!

Welcome Back!

Due to the inclement weather before Christmas there was not a lot to report on the blog, but now we're into the new year things are starting to move again.

We have even managed to cut the greens once this year!

...the next picture shows one of the copses having the lower branches removed...

& we've verti-drained the greens to get some air into the roots

 George has been carrying out servicing on some of the machines whilst they are not being used...

and we have deep raked the bunkers after all the rain compacted the sand.

New 16th hole tee

It was a foggy day when we started to build the new tee for the 16th hole but work is progressing nicely

It may be cold & frosty but the work still goes on...

...and this is the view down the 16th from behind the tee, there's still some work to be done but, with good weather we'll be playing from here next season!

Last week & This...

Last week we started to trim all the low branches in the copses to give golfers the chance to play their ball if they should happen to find themselves there, the picture shows George lopping some of the branches.

Today we have started to make the changes, as published, on the 16th hole, we have started to fell some of the Poplars, which are coming to the end of their lifespan. The picture below shows the amount of rot in the middle of the tree after it was felled, looks like we've been lucky it didn't fall on its own!