As a relatively late starter in the field of social media, I have been looking at ways to better inform members of the golf club and other users of the facility at Avondale Golf Club about what we do, why we do it and the benefits we get from the maintenance practise's we carry out.
As a small contracting company with 2 employees we manage an 18 hole golf course on a very small tract of land (approx. 35 Hectares or 86.5 Acres) surrounded by houses on 3 sides and a busy road on the 4th side.
The golf course is situated on an undulating sand belt not far from the Avon River ( in places 200 metres from the river) and has sections that are low lying, capped with a heavy silty loam and a very shallow water table during the winter months. The course is generally well drained, greens consist of Browntop Bent(90%) tees & fairways are mainly Browntop Bent, Poa annua & Ryegrass, and the rough is a mixture of Browntop Bent, Fine Fescue and Ryegrass.
We obviously have issues and limitations that we have to deal with and during the course of this blog I hope to explain in more detail what we do and where we are going with the golf course.
As a side note I would also like to mention we were dealt a massive blow on February 22nd, 2011 when a large earthquake hit Christchurch and the Canterbury region. Our golf course was severely damaged and I will post more detailed information about that on a separate page.
I hope this blog will be informative, interesting and fun. Any comments and feedback will be appreciated.
Cheers for now,
Garry
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