Course Update

The winter continues to be mild and dry which has allowed us to carry out vertidraining of the fairways and tees with no weather disruptions. We have now finished vertidraining with 12mm solid tynes at 150mm depth at 75mm spacings.

Vertidrain with 12mm tynes

We have been experimenting with products to control the worm castings on fairways and tees this winter and we have definitely had an improvement in the condition of the fairways with a lot less mud being picked up on golfers shoes, trundlers and equipment. We are also regularly dragging the fairways with a weighted hose that breaks up the worm casting before they get smeared with the foot traffic.The fairways are in the best condition I have seen them in for this time of year.

The newly seeded area between the 3rd green and the 4th tee has come along nicely. It has been recently fertilised and reseeded in a couple of washed out areas.

Seeded area between 3rd green & 4th tee

In the next few weeks we will be starting the winter maintenance on the irrigation system. This entails trimming around every sprinkler on the golf course and then checking for correct height and verticality, correct operation of the sprinkler and repair any weeping or broken parts that are found.
After the irrigation system frustrations of last year behind us I am hoping we will be in great shape when we need to start irrigating in springtime.

Overall I don't think I've seen the golf course looking this good at this time of year so I would encourage everyone to get out and enjoy themselves while the weather is still holding up -you never know when when it will change for the worst!