Greenkeeper News

Head Greenkeeper Greens Report

Greens maintenance week was interrupted by the weather which caused a delay in the overseeding by 2 weeks. The team have put in a great effort to get the work completed.

We spiked greens using 10mm tines to a depth of 8 inches. Scarified to a depth of 20mm then blown clear, cut and then top-dressed using fs-9 sand and a granular fertiliser applied. We also overseeded the greens using Barenbrug all bent mixture. We continued with our liquid winter feeding program, dew control and intensive wetting agent, this will carry on throughout the winter. We shall continue to monitor the weather and any disease activity and apply the appropriate nutrients and will spot spray with a phosphite and bio stimulant mixture to help. Irrigation system has been shut down by TIS for the winter.

Greens

Cut greens
Scarify greens
Liquid feed applied to greens
Wetting agent applied in aid of distributing water in rootzone
Roll greens
Brush greens
Dew control applied to greens
Spike greens
Top-dress greens
Over seed greens

Tees/Approaches/Fairways

Cut approaches
Cut tees
Cut fairways
Fertilise worn walkways
Divot tees and fairways
Fertilise winter tees and overseed
Granular fertiliser applied to approaches and winter greens
Mark out winter greens and cut new winter green holes

Rough/ semi-rough

Cut semi-rough
Cut rough
Cut trees lines with Grillo

Bunkers
Continue destoning bunkers
Bunkers levels checked and sand moved to appropriate areas
Bunkers raked and weeds removed

Tree Work
Clear tree debris from 1gth burn grid
Strim tree bases
Clear branches and tree debris after heavy winds
Cut and limb branches for new winter path at 10th green
Clear leaves from greens and bunkers
Clear leaves from around course
Cut hedge at 5th tee public path side

Walkways/green Surrounds

Blue lines painted for traffic management
Wood chips to new winter path at 10th green

Machinery maintenance/course furnishings

Daily checks carried out on equipment
Grease machines and clean air filters and radiators
Replace burst hydraulic hose on Toro 3100
New starter coil fitted on flymo
Fuel filter replaced on Jacobson Ar-522
Oil and fuel filter replaced on john deere buggy

Planned Course Maintenance

Greens

Continue to mow when required
Roll greens when required
Continue liquid winter feed program
Top dress greens
Sarel roll greens
Granular feed on greens
Spike greens
Spray Dew control
Spray penetrant wetting agent

Tees/ approaches/fairway

Cut fairways, approaches and tees
Liquid feed on tees and approaches
Spike tees
Spike approaches

Rough/semi rough

Cut semi rough
Cut rough

Walkways/green surrounds

Top dress walkways
Trolley lines and winter directions to be marked out around greens

Bunkers

Continue to weed bunkers
Continue to destone bunkers
Cut and edge work on bunkers
Monitor sand levels of bunkers

Tree work

Keep 18th burn grid clear
Continue small debris removal
Clear leaves around course
Limb and clear branches around course

Machinery Maintenance

Continue ongoing maintenance and any repairs required
Checking quality of cut and heights of cut

31st October 2025