Saturday, 30 June 2018

June Blog

Welcome to the June blog.

The weather has started to warm up as we move into June,wetting agent applied to greens along with aeration and top dressing We.started using the irrigation system and watering by hand.

We had our annual visit from Mr Alistair Beggs from the Sports Turf Research Institute to review conditions on the course and to offer advice on management  and various works. The visit was very positive with the work programme aiming to raise the quality of surfaces and course presentation.

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Below are photographs of the work carried out throughout June.




                                                firmness reading with the clegg hammer






The picture above shows the greens team on Chris Lewis's last day at Haydock Park. Chris has continued in greenkeeping moving to the Worsley Marriot in Manchester.  Chris is pictured third in from the left of the picture. We wish him every success in the future.




                           Mr Alistair Beggs pictured with the course management committee.