Course Update

Saturday – Status Green… in places 🥵 Greens trimmed with VL. Approaches nipped with tired areas left where possible. VMW% checks & top ups. “Are they not irrigating at night” i hear you say….. of course! However, there isn’t enough time through the night to get enough out in these extreme conditions 💦 Hand hose…

Friday – Toasty! Irrigation system running flat out from 9pm till 8am…. but not enough hours in the night to water all surfaces. We are currently losing around 5/6mm of water a day through evapotranspiration and this watering window at night is not even close to big enough to put even half back onto the plant.…

Thursday – Status Green. Green’s nipped. Grass Clippings and soil samples collected to be sent away and tested for nutritional values. This has been done for over 8 years, every 6 month’s on the same 4 greens. Important and essential to keep improving and ultimately ensure nutrition isn’t over applied and resources wasted! Approaches cut.…

Wednesday – Status Green Greens getting a roll Followed behing are two guys hand watering dry areas on Greens New holes positions Daily tasks Rabbit hole bank getting more dirt and left over stone taken away, then irrigation pipe placed in for a future watering needs.

Tuesday – Status Green. Green’s mown. Approaches cut. VWC% checks…. with top ups but mainly collars after yesterday’s Spray and overheads. Fairway’s mown. Tee’s trimmed. Daily tasks.

Tuesday – Status Green. Green’s mown. Approaches nipped. VWC% Checked & Collar hot spots hit. Fairway’s mown. Tee’s trimmed. Daily task’s

Monday – Status. Green’s getting a rest after a busy weekend and build up to WGC Club Championship. Just a Sarrel roll to get some holes poked into the surface. A top up of some Mollasses, Seaweed, smidge of N, & 2 forms of Wetting Agent. Overheads to get the products where they need to…

Sunday – Day 2 WGC Club Championship 🏆 Green’s trimmed. Fresh Pin Position’s…… Green’s rolled. VMC% checked & topped up. Approaches nipped. Daily tasks completed. Practice Ground Ball Collection.

Saturday – Day 1 WGC Club Championship 🏆 Green’s trimmed. Fresh Pin Position’s…… with a little addition inside the Cup 😃 Green’s rolled. VMC% checked & topped up. Another challenging 30 degree period ahead for the Course & Team. Approaches nipped. Daily tasks completed. Practice Ground Ball Collection.

Friday – Status Green. Greens trimmed. Greens rolled. VMC top ups. Approaches cut. Fairway’s mown. 1st Cut of Semi topped. Tee’s trimmed. Daily tasks completed…. various projects continued after Course setup