Course Update

Monday – Status “All Carry” Some Greens on Main Greens… 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 15th & 18th. The rest are still frozen just below the surface. Greens Dew Removal. Daily setup tasks. Lots of blowing in some area’s with pockets of stubborn leaves. Car Park works ongoing. Gravel Banding on the 13th Approach.

Sunday – Status “All Carry” 18 Temps in play. Greens still frozen below the surface in the danger area for detrimental root damage. The below picture shows how cold it has been at nights and even how low the day time Temperatures have been. “They must be thawed by now” i hear you say….. well,…

Saturday – Status “All Carry”, 18 Temporary Greens in play, Starting from 10th Tee. Geese are enjoying the frost… standing on the frozen pond! Green’s still frozen a few cm down. This stops the greens from draining and keeps the area above wet, which with traffic on them trashes the putting surfaces and shears the…

Friday – Status “All Carry”. Putting Green Closed and all 18 Greens on Temporary Greens due to frozen below the surface still. Setup task’s. Post and rope squared up. Machinery servicing & repairs. Digger with the Grab clearing up some debris around the Course. Car Park works.

Thursday – Course Status red Still slippy on the course in some area, all 18 Greens still on temps. Starting the day the day with the course getting a set up Range getting a early pick Fertilizer going out to help through the cold period Carpark work continues with another laod  turning up bright and…

Wednesday – Status Red. It’s super slippy out, even though it’s in the plus side of temperatures! Area’s have been gritted but awareness still needed when walking those at the Club. 16mm of rain yesterday, on top of frozen ground means we are squidgy and puddly while the water can’t drain away. 18 Temporary Greens…

Tuesday – Status Green…. 10th Tee Start, 18 Temps still in play. Minus 7 this morning! 🥶 Winter Setup…. Rock Salt area’s. Divoting where needed and on Fairway’s. Car Park Stone replacement started. Not the best start…. ground is putting up a fight… Solid! Academy French drain being tidied up. Strimming through the day.

Monday – Status Green… kinda 🥶 All 18 Greens Still on Temps. This may change as the Team get around the Course to check…. unlikely though due to  Ice on the Greens. Rock salt application around Car Park Daily setup tasks. Practice Ground Ball Collection. Some digger work around the 18th Tee’s, to try and…

Sunday – Status Green. 10th start with all greens on temporaries. Winter setup Tee set and a divot, Bunkers raked where possible, Ball collection.

Saturday – Status as Green, Course Open with all Greens on Temporaries. Winter setup with ball collection and posts and rope moved and straightened up.