Rain, Rain and more Rain

The golf course received around 90 mm of rain mainly overnight Friday and into Saturday morning. Both dams are now over flowing and the course has received a very good soak. The bunkers and a number of the paths have been damaged and will require some repair this week but overall the rain was very welcome. Below are a couple of photo with the water up to the 150 post on the 18th fairway and a river of water flowing out of the main dam under the bridge on the 9th.

18th fairway 150 marker

Water under the bridge on the 9th

New Mower arrives

Our new fairway mower has arrived and is in action cutting the fairways. We are currently cutting the fairways twice a week at 14 mm. There is a noticeable improvement in the cut with the new machine. This will now give us a chance to do an overhaul on the old fairway mower. We have also purchased a used Lastec with 7 floating decks that cuts 11 feet wide and will be used to trim the large areas of rough surrounding fairways, tee carries and other large open areas. Here it is below.

The new fairway mower looks something like this one.

Rain hinders renovations

It rained on and off on Tuesday when the remainder of the greens were to be renovated. This has meant that the green staff have had to work a long day on Wednesday to complete the fertilising, top dressing and rubbing in of the greens on the back nine. The sand on the greens that had already been top dressed has become quite wet from the rain and will need some additional work to rub into the core holes over the next couple of days.

Renovations begin

With the conclusion of the Club Championships the renovations of the greens will begin. This week the greens will be scarified, cored, amendments added and then top dressed. The front nine will be closed on Monday and the back nine on Tuesday for this major renovation to take place.

Club Championships

The course is ready for the Club Championships. The greens have been groomed during the week and will be groomed again next week to thin out the grass and help smooth the surface. The greens will then be double cut on both Saturday and Sunday morning each weekend. Can members continue to fix their pitch marks on the greens and any other noticeable marks as this will help keep the surface smoother and help the roll of your putts.