Posts by Leigh Powell

Thursday – Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens mown. Hot Spots Watered on Greens & Collars. Tee Banks Mown…. mainly around Pop Ups. Lawns on the Driveway topped. Daily Tasks.

Wednesday – Status Green… last day of rain nearly 50 days ago eeeekkk! Greens mown after resting them the last few days. Approaches nipped. Hoses on the greens topping up the hot spots and soaking the collars after a wetting agent application to the Greens late last night infront of the overhead irrigation. Watering starting…

Tuesday – Status Green. Daily setup. Hand hose on greens and hole changed, Bunkers raked, Tees cut plus a divot behind from yesterday’s play, Fairway being cut.

Monday – Status Green Starting with Greens getting a roll Approaches getting a cut Green side pop ups getting a trimm Hotspot getting water on greens Daily tasks Small ditch on 8th getting piped and starting to be filled in

Sunday – Status Green Greens getting a cut Daily tasks Watering hot spots Plus range pick later

Saturday – Status Green Greens getting a roll Approaches getting a trim Hot spots on Greens getting a hose Plus Daily tasks and of course range pick

Friday – Status Green. Green’s mown. VMC% Checks and hosing where needed. Pin position’s moved. Fairway’s mown. Tee’s Trimmed. Tee’s Sprayed with some N, PGR & Penetrant. Well behind on applications to Tee’s, but with the highs of 36 degrees in the day and 20s in the Night the Tee’s naturally slowed down. However now…

Thursday – Status Green. Green’s mown. VMC% checks and top ups to hot spots. Absolutely on the button for the majority of the Green 💪 Approaches cut. Foliar spray to the Green’s with some Fe, Acid, few forms of N, P, K, Mg, Zn, Mn, Cu, PGR & Wetter to break the surface tension of…

Wednesday – Ladies Charity Day 💐 VMC checks & top ups to Greens. Daily Tasks. Irrigation Pop ups on the Fairway’s trimmed. Tee Banks trimmed… mainly around Irrigation heads. 1st Cut of Semi topped where needed. 2nd Cut of Semi also cut where needed.

Tuesday – Status Greener….. Green’s trimmed. Pins moved but remaining same Colour. Approaches nipped. Long overdue Cultural work to the Green’s as its been far too hot in recent weeks. Slinging 3t of sand over the 20 Greens we have. This is help dilute the accumulated Thatch in the top of the profile, level out…