Friday 8 May 2015

Spring renovation week

This week, we have carried out hollow coring, topdressing and over seeding. 

I recently put a poster on the members notice board (provided by the Greenkeepers Association, BIGGA) describing the reasons for this operation.

We have nearly completed the targeted greens. Green 5 will be completed next week. 

The wet weather this week hampered our progress significantly. Trying to brush wet sand into core holes was, to say the least, quite challenging, particularly given the fact that we had to get a lot of work done in a 4 day week. 

That said, we have done fairly well. All the rough has been cut alongside approaches and surrounds. Some tees and fairways were also cut. However, time constraints prevented us from completing these tasks. We will ensure normal service resumes next week.

It is great that our rough mower is back in action after being down for 2 weeks. We hope that it can remain intact for the foreseeable future!

Many thanks to a number of members for their assistance this week. 

Phil Lockett put in a great shift collecting twigs/branches alongside Barry Barlow and young James McHugh. Big thanks to Barry and Ray Barnes for removing those twigs/branches from in play areas. Also, a huge thank you to Dave Asprey for helping Ruan and I to collect cores and topdress greens. What a trooper! Well done Dave! And, yet again, well done to Phil Lockett for getting the rough cut. A massive help to us.

The great tree thinning work continues at hole 4. Continued thanks to Mark Marks for his expertise and diligent work with the chainsaw!

Finally, my apologies for a lack of photos. Must do better next week.

Have a great weekend and enjoy your golf!

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