Posts by Leigh Powell

Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens rolled. Approaches trimmed. 1st cut of Semi cut. 2nd cut of Semi topped. Tee banks mown. Daily tasks. Some blowing. Weedkiller applied around the car park and patio area’s. Coned off to stop footprints dragging the product onto the grass ☠️

Wednesday – Status Green. Green’s trimmed. Pin positions moved. Approaches cut. Bunker banks are getting some granular plus a spray of some N, Mollasses Sugars & 2 forms of Wetting agent before what looks like some well wanted rain. Daily tasks completed. Long grasses mowing continues.

Tuesday – 10th Tee Start. Green’s rolled. 1st Application of in-house brewed Turf Hardener. Fairway’s mown that were spiked. Irrigation head’s marked and spiking continues on the front 9. 1 hole will be closed during your round due to Fairway Spiking. The hole the Tractors are working on will be closed, please walk to the…

Sunday – Status Green. Daily setup tasks completed. Holes changed, Greens rolled, Tee set plus a divot, Bunkers raked.

Saturday – Status Green. Daily setup greens cut plus holes trimmed, Tee set and a divot from yesterday’s play, Approaches trimmed, Also some fertiliser applied to worn out areas around the course.

Friday – Status Green. Green’s rolled. Hole’s reset & trimmed. Some Nutrition applied, in the form of various sources of N, Mg, Zn, Cu, Mn, P, K, plus some Fe, PGR & wetter. Tee’s trimmed. Fairway’s mown. 1st Cut of Semi topped. Daily tasks.

Thursday – Status Green. Green’s trimmed. Approaches cut. Plant Protection applied to the Green’s for some disease hanging around. September is our Historical high pressure period where we close in the gaps with applications. Daily tasks. Various tasks are getting done around the Car Park & Putting Green. Long Rough Flailing started. Machinery servicing works.

Wednesday – Status Green. Green’s mown +VL. Fresh Pin Position’s. Approaches cut. 2nd Cut of Semi topped. Tee Banks cut. Daily tasks.

Tuesday – Status Green. Green’s rolled. Fairway’s mown. Some Nutrition, Wetter & PGR to some of the juicer growing Fairway’s. 1st cut of Semi topped. Hose on some of the areas that never had water coverage through the summer. Daily tasks.

Monday – Status Green. Green’s Trimmed. Approaches cut. Flags swapped to Duke Of Edinburgh Cup ones for the next few days. Tee’s mown. Daily tasks. Self seeded Tree’s staked before the tractors go out cutting the Long Grasses soon. Irrigation repairs.