March Blog

We started the month with cold temperatures and steady amounts of rain,the temperature held us back feeding the greens but we managed to top dress the greens after procore aeration.

Mallinsons came in to vertidrain the fairways,this work was put on hold after a wet period and the last six  were finished off at the end of the month.

Greens were sprayed to retain plant health and disease resistance.

The pictures below show the work.

We hope to feed the greens and continue our program of top dressing throughout the April alongside course presentation.

February Blog

We saw fabulous weather throughout the month that allowed us to shape up the course and get some definition cutting done. The start of the month seen snow!!!!!!

Aeration was carried out on the greens and tees with top dressings carried out on the 2nd tee and 17th/ 14th green drainage work.

Below are a selection of pictures showing the works.

In March we hope to feed greens and tees start top dressing greens.

January Blog

Welcome to the January Blog.

We saw a brief period of sleet and snow but in general the weather was manageable  throughout the month, which allowed us to continue on various tasks. The pictures below show some of the work.

In February we hope to continue with aeration and start to put definition on the course with the mowers.

December Blog

Welcome to our December blog.

We saw a period of heavy rainfall throughout the month with one day registering 25mm.

The greens team continued aeration on greens / tees and walkways, we finished off the last of the leaf removal before Christmas.

The right hand side of the 8th hole was opened up to bring in play the tee shot to the temporary green.

 Below are various pictures showing our work.

In January we plan to continue aeration and pick up turfing any weak areas around green surrounds and tees.

November Blog

Welcome to the November blog.

November was busy with various projects taking place on top of the usual course preparation.
We fitted a new drainage pipe in the middle of the 14th green to try to drain the water away more quickly.

The 2nd tee turf was stripped off and the tee was relevelled,some of the old turf was reused and new turf was laid to finish off the surface. leaf blowing continued has we kept the leaves off the course.

 In the middle of the month we sprayed a preventative fungicide on to the greens to reduce turf disease from Microdochium patch. The greens were deep aerated with the soil reliever and rolled to maintain surface smoothness.  Aeration continued as we use the slitter weekly to keep the greens open and aid drainage.

In December we hope to continue with aeration on greens and tees. We will start tree work on various holes to reduce trees that are closely planted together, to enable air flow and sunlight penetration to dry out the areas around them, and enable the trees that are left to grow into specimen trees.

October Blog

Welcome to our October blog.

The good weather continued as we drained the 17th green. The green had been slow to move surface water from it and after investigation we found minimal drainage. It was decided to install a full system on the green with seven laterals running in to a main.The pictures below show the various stages of the work.

Great work from the greens team to complete the job alongside course preparation in the mild conditions when grass growth continued.

In the later part of the month, Mallinsons came in to vertidrain fairways. This is essential aeration work that was really highlighted in the dry summer, when it was noted that the fairways coped well in the prolonged dry spell due to the deep root system assisted by the vertidrain program.

September Blog

Welcome to our September blog. 

As we move into September we see temperature return to near normal and rainfall reducing the need to irrigate.

We overseeded the greens to continue to increase the desirable bent grass in the sward.

Height of cut have been raised along with the front mounted brushes on the greens machines which have been lifted until the new plants become established.Towards the end of the month the greens were sprayed with conditioner and iron to harden the plant going in to autumn.

Temporary greens have been cut this is a sure sign that winter is on its way!!!!!! 


Below are pictures showing the work carried out throughout the month.