Green maintenance

The greens have experience a lot of growth recently due to the rain and ideal growing temperatures. Here is a bit of a run down on the weekly program for the greens which is also dependant on the weather (rain mainly).

• Mowed 6 days a week at 3.2 mm (usually not mowed on Sunday)
• Groomed on Thursday and Friday each week whilst mowing - the groomers are attached to the front of the greens mower reels and slice the grass slightly to remove a bit of the grass thickness - this encourages growth and helps smooth the greens
• Light top dressing - this was done a couple of weeks ago to help reduce thatch, smooth out the greens and increase firmness slightly - we will look at doing this again in the next couple of weeks

Hopefully we don't get too much rain overnight so that we can let the greens dry out a little - this will help increase the speed of the greens and reduce the size of pitch marks. Pitch marks are a major issue causing balls to bump around and thus slowing the green down. Light topdressing will help fill these pitch marks. Can players also be vigilant in fixing any pitch mark they notice on the greens as this will help keep the greens smoother for everyone.