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
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| 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! |
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| Mark overseeding one of the winter greens |
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| and applying top dressing afterwards |
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Tee cutting
Jake practising his cutting skills on the first tee (and making a good job of it as well!)
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| Hope I can stop before I hit the hedge... |
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| ...made it! |
Work on the 15th
Phil strimming round the trees on the 15th hole whilst Jake is cutting the rough (yes it does get cut!)
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| I wonder if I can cut this grass as short as my hair |
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...
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| Some of the hoof damage on the 16th green... |
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| ...and on the 3rd green |
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| 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...
Work is ongoing to repair the bunkers, getting rid of the water and giving them a good raking
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| Phil trimming the edge of a bunker before raking |
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| Phil & Jake raking over the bunker after the rains, to relieve the compacting |
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Top Dressing
Work is continuing on the course, even though it is still wet in parts, we plan to top dress this week on the greens, using about 20 tonnes of top dressing. The pictures below show work on the 11th green
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| Top dressing being applied on the green by Mark... |
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| ...and being brushed in by Phil |
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...
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| 7th hole, looking down the fairway from the left |
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| The path through the woods, the water's gone down, it's only ankle deep now!! |
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| 2nd fairway... |
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| The 6th, don't hit it left! |
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| The 6th again |
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