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.

May Blog

Welcome to the May blog.

We move into May with an early morning frost accompanied with the regular rainfall.
Heights of cut are gradually being lowered on most cutting machines, with aeration and top dressings on the greens continuing. Greens have been fed with 4 0 8 invigorator and wetting agent applied, moisture levels are being monitored.

Pictures below show various work.

April Blog

Welcome to our April blog.

The beginning of the month showed regular periods of rainfall, however we continued our greens top dressing program. Greens were procored to continue the regular aeration work along with the continued applications of Revolution wetting agent. Paths were shaled along with general course preparation being raised as the days started to become longer.

Below are photographs showing the works.

March Update

March Course update.


Welcome to the update. We've seen a variation in weather conditions throughout the month with bitterly cold winds, frost and snow covering the course for a brief period. A Moderate amounts of rainfall was deposited on the course, 65mm in total.

Mallinsons came in to vertidrain the fairways and deep aeration was carried out on the tees.
The stumps from the tree work were removed, we managed to aerate and feed the greens and tees and top dress the greens.

Below are photographs showing some of the work carried out throughout the month. 

Let's hope we get some decent weather in April to help us prepare the course for the start of the season!!

February Update

Course update for February.

The rainfall continued throughout the month, however a brief period of dry weather gave us the  opportunity to deep aerate the greens and top dress.

Tree work continued and we managed to complete the bunkers at the 7th hole.

We also had a good covering of snow and the start of a cold period.

The photographs below show the work.

March work programme.

We will continue aeration and look to apply a fertiliser to the greens and tees. Mallinsons will be vertidraining the fairways and we will be shaling the paths for the start of the season.

January Update

Course update.

Welcome to our January blog.

The weather continues to dominate our programme, with heavy rainfall occurring regularly throughout the month with a figure of 133mm.

The greens team managed to work on the 7th greenside bunkers, start the tree work on various areas around the course and continued aeration on the greens.

Below are a selection of photographs showing the work.

We move in to February with aeration on the greens being important after the constant rainfall over the past month.

December update.


We continue to be discussing the periods of heavy rainfall, which totalled 127mm and made managing the course tricky, with damage limitation being the order of most days.

However we've managed to work on the 7th hole reshaping and changing the bunkering,removing the leaves around the course is coming to an end with most of them fallen and just needing blowing off the course or picking up

.Aeration on the greens has continued,and the tee's have been cleaned up with a cut to aid presentation.

In mid December we had a brief period of frost which whitened the grass for a short period and the flags were took off the main greens and put on the winter greens.


Below are photographs to show some of the work.

January work programme

We will finish off the bunkering on the 7th hole, the drainage work on various parts of the course will be completed.

Tree work will be tackled in the early part of the month were we aim to thin out copses to allow individual trees to flourish and in doing so will create better air flow and sun penetration to dry out areas around the course. The benefits of the work will be noticed in spring when the trees come into leaf and will give better definition to the landscape