Friday 22 May 2015

A great mowing week


We have had a great week of mowing this week. Feedback from members and guests has been positive. It seems that the weather is finally picking up after a very slow, drawn out spring.

Monday, we fertilised all greens with an 8:0:0 sulphate of ammonia. This should give them a good kick of Nitrogen following the recent hollow coring. 

We plan to continue topdressing next week to restore surface levels after hollow coring and this should assist in further smoothing the greens surfaces.

Despite over 2 inches of rainfall, the course has stood up really well. We applied a systemic fungicide last week as the greens were showing signs of fusarium disease. The fungicide has checked the disease and will protect against further potential disease outbreaks for the next 2-3 weeks.


Most of the tree bases were strimmed around this week. Rough, tees and approaches have been cut. 
 

We have also started mowing fairways this week with grass boxes on the fairway mower. By collecting clippings, this will help us to control growth on the fairways and will also assist in discouraging the broad leaf grasses that love nutrient rich soils. Our aim is to tighten up the fairway surfaces and to promote a dense sward, finer grass species and to provide tight lies for golfers. We hope the feedback is encouraging.

Next week, we welcome James McHugh to our team. James has been employed through a local government funded apprenticeship scheme. With his help, we intend to raise maintenance standards in order to provide a more consistently managed golf course.

Have a great bank holiday weekend and enjoy your golf!

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