Firstly, a massive thank you to Dave Asprey for volunteering to assist Ryan and I. Dave arrived at the golf club at 7:15am on Thursday to collect some logs with a friend of his. Rather than go home, Dave offered to stay and help us out. Apologies Yvonne if Dave arrived home with a few aches!!
So, we managed to turf the 9th tee and finish the area by the path to the left of the 4th green. These areas that we have finished represent the end of our course improvement work in association with the course master plan and Lakeland Earthworks.
Also this week, we have started some drainage work with a mole drainer that the club recently purchased.
Although this equipment does not represent the latest in golf course drainage technology, it is a cost effective method of improving surface water drainage in clay soil. Mole ploughing is also effective on flat sites like ours. The idea is that a 'mole run' is created in the soil, providing a continuous gap for the movement of water.
The soil is also lightly fractured and decompacted too in the process. We intend to run continuous passes to ditches and ponds on the golf course with a slight gradient to encourage water movement in the direction of these ditches and ponds.
Although a few wheel marks are evident after this work has been done, they will soon dry and hopefully this work will, when done consistently over the coming years, assist in the drainage of the wetter areas on the golf course.
Have a great weekend and enjoy your golf!
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