Following this process, the greens were double rolled on Wednesday and Thursday to smooth them out, firm them up and to keep the pace up following this work.
If any doubts remain about the necessity of these operations, consider how the putting green (above & below) stood up to over 20mm rainfall on Friday - by 3:30pm, this green was firm, dry and free of any surface water - when I first started at Poulton Park some 18 months ago, this green would have been soft and holding water following a similar amount of rainfall.
This just demonstrates that if the greens are aerated consistently to varying depths and topdressed regularly, they are more likely to withstand inclement weather and to putt nice and true more often - surely a win/win for all concerned!
We also managed to topdressed several of the new tees too in order to restore surface levels and help them better withstand wear & tear.
This week has seen some excellent work by James at the 4th path area. He has really improved this area by weeding the path and improving the appearance of the area to the left of the path. Good lad!
Ryan had continued with weed spraying this week. Clover, plantain and dandelions have been particularly troublesome this year so we have persisted with spot spraying of weeds in the main playing areas. We are not finished with this work yet - we will do a bit each week until we are satisfied that we are on top of this year's crop!
Have a great weekend and enjoy your golf!
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