Posts by Leigh Powell

Saturday – Status Green. Frosty start to the day. Course setup blowing were able to blow, Bunkers raked, Tee set plus a divot, Traffic control checked and moved.

Friday – Status Green, with a smidge of white 🥶. Daily tasks. Blowing in area’s. Turf collection ready for 16th Greenside. Strimming & Brush cutting of Ditches. 4th bank continues…. After some machinery challenges yesterday 🙄 Tree tidy…. a lap round to square up & check guards on tree.

Thursday – Status Green. Green’s dew removal. Daily tasks. Sand slinging to busy area’s that take a lot of foot fall. Fertiliser applied also to these area’s. 4th Tee bank improvements. This area always struggles and looks naff! Softening, importing better growing materials into this high traffic area. Longer Fairway’s cut today, as tomorrow looks…

Wednesday – Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget, With love and pride, we remember your sacrifice, For those who gave their lives, so we could live ours. Fresh pin position’s. Daily tasks. PTO power blowing in places. 16th Greenside continues. Sprinkler trimming.

Tuesday – Status Green. Green’s trimmed. Approaches cut. Fairway’s mown. 16th Bunker continues. Daily tasks. Driveway & car park blowing. Granular fertiliser applied to specific areas before the rain later.

Monday – Status Green, fog delay in place. 😶‍🌫️ Green’s rolled. Earlier than planned application of Plant Protection. Due next week…. but looks like its tight on spray days 💦 eeeekkk! Daily tasks. 16th Greenside bunker getting sand stripped ready for a rebuild. Another push on seeding specific areas of high traffic. Bunkers getting some…

Remembrance Sunday-status green Greens getting a cut Holes changed with remembrance flag on 18th Tee set up and divot Bunkers raked with range pick after course set up.

Saturday-Status green with a fog delay. Greens rolled Tee set up and divot Bunkers raked with range pick after course set.

Friday – Status Green. No operation to Green’s, not even Dew removal as a freak 4mm of rain early this morning to knock off the Dew. Approaches cut. Granular feed to the Approaches right behind. Approaches are the areas that take the most amount of traffic from Golfers and our equipment. Gotta keep them ticking…

Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Green’s blown after high winds yesterday before…… A mow. Daily tasks. Blowing of most cut surfaces. 16th Fairway Bunker Turf collection. Then cracking on with the Turfing. Seeding of area’s around Green’s and Bunkers where possible.