Rain

We receive around 77 mm of rain from Friday night through to Tuesday morning this week which has helped green the rough up a bit and filled our dams. We had gone around 2 months with very little rain and this was much needed. The bottom dam has been overflowing since the rain and the main dam is within around half a metre from the overflow pipe. The course has now dried significantly and will be firm for the weekends golf. The staff have spent a lot of time draining water from the bunkers and these should be back in reasonable condition for the weekend also.

In the growing season the staff spend much of their time cutting grass. Below is a bit run done of the cutting program.

• Greens - cut 6 days a week at 3 mm
• Fairways - cut twice per week at 14 mm
• Greens collars and aprons - cut twice per week at 12 mm
• Tees - cut twice per week at 12 mm
• Long greens surrounds and first cut of rough around fairways - cut once a week at around 32 mm
• Secondary rough around fairways and tee carries - cut once a week at around 60-65 mm.
• Remainder of rough cut at the same height as the secondary rough on an as needs basis - this is usually about once very 2 weeks when it is growing
• Bunkers - raked twice per week with mechanical bunker rake

Poll results

Well the results of the poll on the site are nearly in. With a grand total of 7 votes 2 for a bit slow, 3 for about right and 2 for a bit quick I conclude that they are about right.

The course is getting a bit dry and hopefully we receive some good rain over the next few days as predicted.