Posts by Leigh Powell

Wednesday – Status Green, Baxter Trophy 🏆 Greens Rolled. Tee’s cut with no boxes due to last weeks granular fertiliser still hanging around. Tee Banks Mown. Seaweed, Mollasses & Wetter on the Tee’s. A Splash to get it off the leaf and into the Soil. Daily Tasks. Divot Mix production line continues.

Tuesday – Status Green. Greens rolled. Earlier than planned spray of Seaweed, Mollasses & 2 forms of Wetter. Application brought forward with these drier than normal April conditions. Perfect dull overcast morning to get it on the greens and move it into the soil. Fairway’s mown. Daily Setup Task’s. Soil screening to keep creating divot…

Monday – Status Green. Green’s cut + VL. Approaches trimmed. Approaches getting a Base feed to tick them over from all the traffic. Approaches are battered all season as its the entry point to Greens, so they take some looking after. Daily tasks. Bunker TLC…..Flymo, Strimm & Rake. Irrigation repairs.

Sunday – Status Green. Green’s rolled. Fresh Pin Position’s. Daily Task’s of Tee Set & Divot… along with Fairway rota. Pest control. Practice Ground Ball Collection later on.

Saturday – Status Green….. but White for now.  2 Degrees in the morning’s and up to 22 Degrees in the day 🤯 Green’s Dew removal where possible. Traps raked. Daily Tee Set, Divot plus Fairway Divot as per rota. Practice Ground Ball Collection later on when Course Set.

Friday – Status Green. Super early start for the Team to get the Course set for today’s play and big tasks done for the weekend ahead. So early there is some frost around… eeeek 🥶 Greens Rolled. Fresh Pin Position’s. Fairway’s trimmed. 1st Cut of Semi done. 2nd Cut of Semi topped. Daily Tasks. Yesterday’s…

Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens cut no VL. Greens getting some Nutrition in the form of Acid, Fe, N, P, K, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu along with a smidge of PGR & Wetter. Approaches cut. Tee’s cut. Tee Base Feed to keep the recovery going on what is always…

Wednesday – Status Green, Start from the 10th. Green’s trimmed again + VL. Fresh Pin Position’s. Fairway’s Sprayed with some Fe, different forms of N, Mg, Mollasses, PGR on those that need it and some Wetter on all! Bunker face work on those that need a freshen up! Daily Tasks. Stump on 7th ongoing… its…

Tuesday – Status Green, Starting off the 10th with all 7th Markers on the Gold Tees. Greens trimmed….at a slightly reduced height to start creeping them in the right direction. Approaches trimmed second day on the bounce before a sharpen tomorrow. Fairway’s mown….stripes are back 🙌 Daily Setup Tasks. Car Park blowing of stones.

Monday – Status Green, Starting from the 10th. No operation to Greens…. just a dash round getting some Mollasses, Seaweed & Wetter on them. Then a splash of Water. Dry week ahead 😎 Approaches nipped. Daily Tasks. Fairway VL painted where needed.