Posts by Leigh Powell

Monday – Status Green. Greens Rolled. Approaches nipped. Daily Setup Tasks. Hedges trimmed. Practice Ground area seeded. Flailing on out of play areas continues…. Ditch clearance started. This is one of the most important tasks going into Winter. It ensure that all the water leaves the site as quick as possible and gives room for…

Sunday – Status Green. Normal daily setup greens rolled, Holes moved, Tee set and a divot, Bunkers raked.

Saturday – Status Green. Daily setup with greens rolled, Approaches cut, Tee set plus a divot from yesterday’s play, Bunkers being raked also.

Friday – Status Green. Green’s Rolled. Greens getting their first application of a “Turf Hardener” mix to keep them happy through the Autumn/Winter. Some Acid, Mg, Ca, Phosphite, PGR & Surfactant on the leaf this morning. Fairway’s mown. Tee’s trimmed. Daily Setup Tasks completed. Range area being continued.

Thursday – Status Green. Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens Rolled. Fresh Pin Position’s. 1st Cut of Semi trimmed. 2nd Cut of Semi topped. Tee Banks Mown. Daily tasks completed with traps and Tee & Fwy divotting. Old “Blue” Tees getting some soil transportation to them and levelling works. Yesterday’s late morning Dew Suppressant…

Wednesday – Status Green….. Head torches and lights on machines super important now, to stay in front of golf. 😬 Greens trimmed. Approaches nipped. Fairway’s cut…. now all the Fairway’s have been Verti Drained 🥳 Tee’s Sprayed with some N, PGR, Wetter & some Selected Weed Killer to catch the few within the surfaces. Daily…

Tuesday Status Green. ractice Ground Outfield closed for Verti Draining…. Then work resumes on the Course. Greens Rolled. Sprayed behind with some nutrition…. Lot of Disease around, always September/October is our high pressure months regardless of how much we keep on top of plant protection. Heavy Dews & Mild temperatures kicking it off 🤮 Tee’s…

Monday – Status Green, Fairway Aeration in progress. Whichever hole the machinery is working on is closed, proceed to next hole for play. Pop ups and Drain covers flagged in an attempt to not smash the living daylights out of them 🫣 Greens rolled. Lots of Blowing on most surfaces… Tractor & Backpacks. Last push…

Sunday- Course status greens. Greens rolled this morning. Blowing where required. Holes changed. Tee set and divot. And bunkers raked with range pick after set up.

Saturday-Status green. Greens getting a cut this morning. Approaches also having a cut. Daily tasks of tee set and divot, and bunkers rated. Range pick after course set up.