Club Championships start this weekend with preparations at full steam. We lost Tuesday due to rain with around 32 mm falling over a couple of days on the course. This has given the course a good soak and topped up the dams again. This rain will get the rough growing rapidly and will take days to get on top of it. The large area mower will be going constantly over the next 2 weeks to keep on top of the rough.
So what else has been going on:
The bunker on the 9th has been completed and is now in play. The recent rain has drained through the sand immediately providing a good playing surface. Some work still needs to be done around the surrounds of the bunker and this area is still GUR with a drop area at the front of the green.
The greens - these have been cut down to normal playing height of 3 mm for a couple of weeks now. The groomers are being used each week to help smooth the surface and they are being rolled on Thursdays to help smooth the surface also. The greens will be double cut each morning of the champs and should provide a good roll. Cam is also looking to dust the greens early next week depending on the weather conditions. Primo has also been applied to the greens and fairways to reduce the vertical growth of the grass and help provide a better surface all day.
The fairways have also been sprayed with a herbicide to kill the broad leaf weeds and will be mown twice more this week to provide a good playing surface.
With the rain a number of the bunkers filled with water. These have been now pumped out and with some further drainage and drying weather should be in reasonable condition for the weekend, Let's hope we don't get any further substantial rain.
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