I started my week leaving from the Marquess sheds every morning at 5.30am. This was just some of the gear they had for the course there was plenty more back at the Dukes and Duchess sheds. We had torches to use in the mornings the first hour was pitch black, by 6.30 the sun was starting to come up and we could finally see the glory of the golf course.
We were given specific tasks for the week planned out in our work schedule. I was on the crew that had the task of blowing tees and greens in the morning then moving onto final lap (making sure each hole was in check before the golf starting teeing off).
There were 10 John Deere mowers that cut the fairways green to tee just like the way they cut fairways at Augusta National.
10 guys cutting the 18th fairway.
Cutting the 7th fairway.
Cutting the 7th fairway.
As the morning went on people would drop onto final lap blowing and making sure we had everything in place. At some points we had up to 12 guys blowing on one hole.
In the afternoons/evenings after the golf had gone through we would have crews divoting the fairways, blowing, smoothing bunkers and cutting tees.
Having a putt on the 8th. The greens were getting cut at 3mm.
Sky Sports TV studio.
Thought i deserved a pint in the sunshine after the first couple of days in. Watching golf from behind the 4th tee.
Ian poulter came up on the Wednesday before his practice round and whipped up a few sausage, bacon and egg baps.
60-70 boxes of pizza. We were fed really well every day breakfast and lunch. Thanks for Woburn Golf Club for feeding us so well.
Woburn Golf Club have a tradition of having a food eating competition each year. This year was a mighty burger!!! (3 beef burgers,chicken breast, bacon, hash brown and chips)
This is the new reservoir they have built this year its to the right hand side of the 15th tee and will supply all three courses.
The grandstand on the first tee. We were watching the last groups tee off on the 3rd day.
7th
9th
7th my favorite hole, standing up the tv tower.
Sun rising on 15th.
11th
Looking across the 3rd and 4th.
18th green at the beginning of the week.
7th
I really enjoyed my experience at Woburn Golf Club, volunteering for the British Masters. The week went by without a hitch from the greenkeepers. Ian poulter did an fantastic job bringing back the British Masters to Woburn Golf Club. Fitzpatrick, a young very deserved winner on this event for the race to Dubai. Just need to give a big thanks to the Woburn greenkeeping team for integrating us into the club and John Clarke for giving me the opportunity at such an impressive course.
