New 14th Medal Tee

Our 2012 Captain, Maurice Caley has been the first player to drive off on the new 14th medal tee, here we see him in action...

What a swing!

Spot the ball!!

11th Bunker

The bunker on the11th hole has now been turfed round and is completed, the sand will be going in next week, once the turf has knitted in it will be back in play

View from the fairway...

...and from the side, looking towards the green

Busy Day on the 6th!

The new tee on the 6th is now turfed and the path alongside the old tee has been turfed over, the pictures below show how the work has progressed today...

Large rolls of turf ready to be laid along the old path

and this is how it is looking now!

First rolls of turf going down on the new tee...

...progress on laying the turf...

...and this is how it is looking towards the green

Finally, the surrounds of the new tee are being turfed.

All we need now is some rain to help the new turf to knit

More work around the course

Various jobs area going on around the course, here are just a taster of what's been going on...

The area behind the 14th green, where the new trees have been planted has now been tidied and seeded 

George cutting turf on the practice green, which will be used to repair a damaged patch on the 1st green

 Watering in the turf that has been laid on the drainage runs on the 9th fairway

Mark carrying out more aeration work on the 11th green, this work  promotes growth and increases drainage & is part of our ongoing work to improve the greens

18th Trees

Our Tree Surgeon tidying up the storm damaged tree on the 18th hole...

...and this is how it looks now! 

The New Tees

First cut on the new 14th tee...

...and on the new 17th tee

Phil cutting the new tees on 14 & 17, they will be in play hopefully for the start of the season...

More work on the 6th

The path that runs alongside the existing tee is being removed for when the new back tee comes into play, the carry from the back is around 110 yards...

6th Fairway

The 6th fairway being cut further down towards the tee, this will allow the new tee to come into play when it's completed

New tee on the 6th nearing completion

These photo's show the ongoing work on the new 6th men's tee, the 2nd picture is looking down towards the green and shows you how tight it's going to be for that 1st shot. The tee is now ready for turfing.

Julian levelling the ground ready for the turf to go down

View looking towards the green...

11th Bunker Follow Up

The 11th bunker has been lined with turf to prevent stones coming to the surface, we have turfed the front of the bunker now as well.

 We just need to finish turfing around it, then we will then fill the bunker with new sand!

New 6th Tee

Work is continuing on building the new back tee on the 6th hole, here we see drainage channels going in to dry this area out

Oh Deer...

Spotted on the course early this morning on the 9th hole

Deer on the 9th fairway this morning...

Turfing Today

The drain runs on the 9th fairway have now been turfed over...

T ...and the new 14th and 17th tees are now completed, once the turf has knitted in the tees will be in use

11th Bunker

 The re-shaping of the greenside bunker on the 11th hole is now complete, there is still some turfing to be done on the top but it will be in play, hopefully by the start of the season...

The bunker looking from the dip on the fairway

View across the green

13th Bridge

The bridge on the 13th hole is now completed, using 2nd hand railway sleepers

New bunker on 11

The greenside bunker on the 11th hole has been re-shaped to bring it out in front of the green a little bit more (by about 2 metres). At the same time the face of the bunker is being revetted, as can be seen in the photos, The final photo shows how the bunker will look, there is still more revetting to be completed, hopefully it will be ready for the start of the season.

14th Green - new trees

On Friday some new Pine trees were planted behind the 14th green to replace the Poplars which had to be felled.

New trees ready to be planted...

and this is how they look in the ground

Bridge on the 13th

Work has started on rebuilding the bridge to the 13th green, which is in need of replacement as the old sleepers are wearing out, we have bought a stack of new sleepers, the picture shows the main structure of the bridge waiting for the replacements to go in...

The next pictures show the ongoing removal of the soil on the 8th hole

Nearly gone...

Verti-draining the greens

These pictures show Julian verti-draining the 18th green. The machine punches holes in the turf to a depth of up to 12 inches, this action is designed to relieve compaction and improve the action of water through the soil. Surfaces that are dry are much less prone to disease, compaction and general sward deterioration. In the longer term the holes made by the verti-drain will provide the perfect space for the grass roots to grow into.

Day to day maintenance of the course...

Some pictures to show the sort of work that goes on every day to keep the course in good condition, the first picture shows Mark squeegying the greens to remove the early morning dew 

 The next photo shows Mark raking one of the bunkers, despite rumours to the contrary this is done regularly by the greens staff!!

 And finally, George trimming some of the lower branches on one of the trees near to the 1st winter tee to make that first shot of the round a little easier...

1st hole again

The last of the new trees have now been planted on the 1st hole

The last trees being planted

View down the tree line

View from the tee

View from the winter tee

This is the view down the hole looking towards the green

New Trees on the first

Better luck this time

Missed him!

 











Variety of semi mature new trees being planted on the first fairway, from the edge of the tee, this should make for some interesting tee shots when they grow!