Course update

The course has recovered well from the big wet a few weeks ago. The bulk of the course has dried out with only the patch across the 15th fairway and a couple of small wet spots near the 1st and 16th greens. Some damage was caused to a number of the greens with water sitting on them for a period of time. These areas have been scarified, seeded and lightly top dressed to encourage some new growth.

The fairways, tees and green surrounds are in the process of being spot sprayed to kill the clumps of paspalum that have developed. This is an ongoing process that we need to do each summer to keep the paspalum at bay on our closely mown areas.

The immediate rough is now down to a manageable level and with the cool weather closing in should be able to be maintained more easily.

Fairway marking - you will have noticed an few lines around the margins of some of the fairways and a few areas of rough mown short to be maintained as fairway. We are re-aligning a number of the fairways as some have become wider than needed over years of mowing and to keep the fairways within the irrigated areas.

Rain

After a reasonably dry period the green staff were able to get the course in good condition for the Pro-Am. However a couple of days after the event we received over 250 mm of rain over a week. This has cause considerable damage to paths and bunkers again. It seems a never ending job for the staff to get these in reasonable and safe condition. The course is still sodden and the fairways and many areas of rough have not been able to be cut in the past week. Hopefully I will be able to get some photos of the flooding to post on the site soon.