11th Old |
Green Extension |
9th Tee Old |
Upto date Course works
11th Old |
Green Extension |
9th Tee Old |
Course looking good at the moment in preparation for spring. Greens have been tined and topdressed once and will be done again in the next few weeks. Most of the rest of the course has been aerated and we await some warm weather. With the dry and cold weather we are cracking on with tree work around the golf course. Opening out the canopy to help new growth and encourage wildflower growth, removing invasive species and clearing out dead and dangerous trees has all been achieved.
Removing invasive holly |
New pipework |
Well the weather is predictably wet. A wet December has pretty much caught us up after a dry year. January has started in much the same way, so the course is looking pretty sorry for itself at the moment. The order of the day therefore is staying off the golf course. As fewer machine marks as we can and limited works on the in play areas. Pathways are pretty much finished for the winter season, with only the extension on the 1st London to finish once we have some drier weather.
Right 9th Upper |
Woodlands are now the order priority with the first stage of work being completed on the pathway from the 9th Tee Upper and the 13/14 London and around the 14th Tee area. Once done, we are finishing the small section between 8 and 14 on the Upper and around the new Tee mat on the 2nd Upper. We will then move to our big section for the winter, to the left of the 9th fairway Upper. This will need extensive removal of tall, unstable silver birch and the clearence of the under storey, through to the 11th green Upper.
14th Tee London |
Once we get the sniff of some dry weather greens are to be deep tined, with 10mm tines down to a depth of 250mm, along with 2 ton of sand a green.
3rd London |
New path and mat. 3rd Tee Upper |
New mat 14th London |
Path 14th Old Seeding from earlier in the season has produced great results on greens, tees and approaches and all surfaces are moving toward winter in good condition. |
Dry, dry, dry is the order of the day. Course looking and playing really well. Surfaces in a good place for June with our focus just on further refinement and improvement as we move into the summer months
Looking good |
Rough clean |
Good coverage |
3rd London |
Bramble clearance |
As the weather has improved, so the list of jobs has changed tack. Greens have had a 10mm solid tine down to 100 mm. Each green has also received half a ton of sand. This along with a heavier than normal application of fertiliser has helped push them along. Still a fair bit of scaring but overall, looking and putting well. Cutting has begun on most surfaces and course is starting to improve across all areas.
This false spring will soon give way to more typical weather which will help us get back on course with other work. Still to complete new ladies Tee on the 1st Old course and maybe 13th Old along with the back Tee on 13th old. Also yet to start but a high priority is the new Tee on the 3rd London.
The 1st Tee Old has had a little tidy up, we have added a terraced bed behind the Tee and will bark and plant it this week.
1st Old |
Ready for plants |
New Mat |