Course Update

We’re still experiencing slow growth in the areas of the course without irrigation, so we are focusing our mowing efforts on the greens, tees, and approaches, where we have full irrigation in place. With rain forecast for next week, we’re hopeful that the unirrigated areas will begin to improve. In the meantime, we’ll be applying a wetting agent to the fairways to help ensure moisture reaches the root zone as effectively as possible.

On Tuesday, we tined the greens using small needle tines. This helps oxygen reach the roots with minimal disruption to the putting surface. Encouragingly, root depth is looking strong, suggesting our consistent aeration efforts are yielding good results.

This week, we’ve begun using the soil left over from the recent scrape on the 18th to start filling in the G.U.R. area on the 9th carry. We aim to have this area fully filled and seeded by next week, so we can bring it back into play as soon as possible.

We also carried out our fortnightly feeding programme, this time with a slightly higher iron content to support plant health and provide the greens with that desirable, rich colour.

We are investigating a possible water leak at the water fountain by the 4th tee, so it'll be turned off for the weekend. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Finally, for those heading to the Summer fête this weekend – enjoy yourselves, and let’s hope the weather stays kind.

Many thanks,
Chris
Deputy course manager