Posts by Leigh Powell

Thursday – Status Red, carry Bags if able please 🙏. Practice Ground Closed for Maintenance 12-2pm. No machinery operation to the Greens this morning, just a leaf tidy where needed & holes trimmed. Daily tasks knocked out, which for those not in the know… are Tee Setup + Yesterday’s play Divotted, blowing, raking of traps.…

Wednesday – Status Amber. Last dry ish day till next week…. so a push on surfaces before we lose an opportunity. Greens nipped, Approaches trimmed, Tee’s topped with a ride on mower for the larger Tee’s & Hand Mowers around the VL’s + Smaller Tee’s. Blowing as normal 😒 Tee Setup, Green’s Plant Protection Spray…

Tuesday – Status Amber. Greens Dew Removal, Fresh Pin Position’s, Daily Tasks, Machinery love ❤️ Pest Control 😵‍💫 Some crazy busy activity 🤯 Irrigation upgrades reinstated on 5th, with 7th & Chipper next on the list. Pathway tweaking to try and divert water from washing areas out, Some Path Ploughing in areas + Overflow Car…

Monday – Status Amber with a 10th Tee Start. Greens cut with a VL, Clippings recorded for Testing 🤓 This is to make sure we aren’t under applying what the Plant needs, and equally not over applying and wasting resources 🤑. Turf Hardener Application close behind with some Acid, N, Mg, Mn, Zn, Ca, PGR…

Sunday – Course Status Red Shotgun start for our turkey trotters 🎅🤶🎅🎅🤶🤶 Starting with Greens getting a roll Approaches getting a cut Course getting a set up With a range pick later

Saturday – Course Status Red Greens getting a cut New hole positions The course getting a set up And of course, a range pick to end the day

Friday – Status Red. Always a pleasant view when frosty, but does cause a jiggle of jobs when your weather Apps say none due….. Tee Setup, Bunkers blown & Scratched where possible, Irrigation upgrades to the 5th, 7th & Chipping Green getting wrapped up now parts have arrived💪 Overflow Car Park tinkering continued,

Thursday – Course Status Blue, carry only 10th tee start, all bunkers GUR Fresh start to the morning 🥶 The course getting a set up and new hole positions On going ditch strimming Overflow work continues

Wednesday – Course Closed 😒 Practice Ground & Clubhouse Open as normal. No rest for the Team though… Water Movement, Some tasks getting done that get pushed to the bottom of the pile normally. Overflow Car Park getting some love, Machinery TLC,

Tuesday – Status Red, 10th Tee Start. A far from ideal morning for some mowers out here… but after the cold snap last week limiting operations then the weekend’s Biblical Rain…. its today or wait even longer after tomorrow’s top up, eeeekkkk! Green’s trimmed, Approaches nipped, Fairway’s mown, but expect some potential mess 😒 Traps…