Posts by Leigh Powell

Monday – Course Status Green(er) A welcomed 30mm of rain this weekend in the for of 20mm Saturday, and 10mm Sunday 👌 Same amount of rain that has fallen in the last 55 days. Saturday’s Mollasses & Wetter Application working a treat but still some patchy conditions….. Spraying Fairway’s on a Saturday, crazy hey but…

Sunday – Status Green. A nice 20mm of rain throughout the day yesterday the course will be loving this. Daily setup greens cut, Pin positions moved, Tee set plus a divot, Bunkers raked.

Saturday – Status Green. Greens operation dropped due to severe weather forecast…. Biggest priority is to get the Sprayer over the Fairways with some Mollasses, N & Penetrant in the tank and on the surfaces before the rain! Normal daily setup tasks completed.

Friday – Mens Invitational. Seems like rain all around but missed us… Car Park Tidy… Green’s trimmed no VL, Fresh Pin Position’s, Lick of Paint, Greens Rolled, VMC checks, Low % areas topped up and tired collars etc, Approaches nipped, Tees cut, Daily Setup tasks knocked out Taking advantage of the Course quiet till the…

Thursday – Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Green’s trimmed, Lots of mowing today as impossible tomorrow due to a Club Shotgun Event….. Fairways, 1st Cut & 2nd Cut too! Hoses still getting lots of use to keep Green’s in prime condition. Daily tasks ticked off

Wednesday -Ladies Day. Green’s cut… with some hicups along the way 😬 Fresh Pin Position’s, Moisture checks, doing good…. Tops in small area’s, Tee’s trimmed, Tee Banks mown and stalks around Bunkers Daily setup tasks

Tuesday – Much cooler day today and more pleasant yesterday too…. ET down slightly, so the water applied yesterday and today will be closer to the amount lost at least. Forecasted rain disappeared…. so todays Wetter & Mollasses mix for the Fairways postponed till Saturday 🤞 Green’s Rolled, Moisture Checks, Hoses around collars and hot…

Monday – Status Dry…. Dribble of natural stuff tomorrow maybe 👌 Greens Cut + VL, Moisture Checks, Area’s watered, Tee’s trimmed, Daily Setup tasks of Tee Divotting & a few Fairway area’s.

Sunday – Last of the Extreme days… a cool 26 forecasted tomorrow 😆 Green’s Rolled, Fresh Coloured pins.. Last week New Flags & Pins went out, today Cups swapped. We are pretty regular at cleaning them… but you can’t replicate New without it being New! 😍 VMC% Checks… Few Areas topped up to last the…

Saturday – Green’s cut, with No Brush due to residue of sand along with No VL to protect the collars from turning. Height of cut raised by 0.25mm. Golfers won’t directly notice… but the plant certainly will during these scorching conditions🥵 VMC checks. %’s dropping no suprise, so some water out this eve. Planned spray…