We received 84mm of rainfall during the month of August, with 6 days recording rainfall.
With the start of spring I have already noticed an increase in grass growth and I expect to see some considerable re growth in some of the bare areas.
I would like to thank the garden party for their continued work around the course and as well as Clive Hollands for his efforts on the weed removal from the 2nd and 8th dams.
Greens
The greens were cored on Monday 15th and have recovered well.
The green staff worked extended hours on the Monday and Tuesday to get all the work completed.
The coring needed to be carried out while the greens and soil were dry and lucky for me it rained on the weekend before we started the rained within 3 hours of the completion of work. I have started my dusting program for the greens, this involves using the new Toro topdressing machine to apply a fine layer of soil over the greens surface, and this will be carried out on a weekly basis throughout summer.
Tees
All tees have been sprayed for weeds. All couch tees will be sprayed with a selective herbicide to control the Kikuyu encroachment. This is a time consuming task and will need to be carried out on a monthly basis. However I am confident we will see some improvements over time; please expect some yellowing of the Kikuyu grass once the applications start.
Fairways
The height of cut on the fairways has been reduced from 22mm to 15mm and has given the fairways more definition. The height was originally raised to help with recovery going into winter months. Selective weed spraying, eg clover bindii and flat weeds should be completed this week.
I have managed to borrow a fairway spiking machine from Calderwood golf course, and we have so far managed to aerate the fairways on the southern side of the golf course.
The purpose of this work is to break up the soil surface and to stimulate better growth. The northern side of the course will be spiked in the coming weeks.
I hope to carry out this practice four times over the next 12 months
Bunkers
We have topped up the bunkers on the right hand side of the 11th green with approximately 9 tonne of sand in the front bunker and 6 tonne in the back bunker with more still needed, it just give you a n idea of the sand needed to top up all of the bunkers.
Trees and Garden
Continual weed spraying and mulching
The new garden at the front of the club should be completed this month.
Thank You
Mark Yates
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