New wacker plating technique from Jon last week!?

(Course Manager Jon Scoones & Deputy Course Manager John Quinn)

It worked!!!

14th to 15th path is now finished. 25/2/15

Complete Path

Some of the edges to the path may look a bit scruffy this time of year, when spring and summer come around all the path edges should have grown up.

Bunker renovation on 4th 17/2/15

(Ben Millson Assistant Greenkeeper)

Sunny spells in the afternoon gave us a chance to get out and start work on the 4th, we are preparing the bunker bases for rubber crumb to be laid down to stop contamination from any organic matter or stones. Wacker plating the bunker bases will give a smoother surface when laying the rubber crumb.

  

Right Greenside Bunker On 4th 

A time-lapse video of the 4th bunkers being stripped of sand, astroturf and the greenstaff constructing the bunker ledge for the revetted turf and smoothing out the bunker faces and bases.

14th to 15th path renovation 17/2/15

(John Quinn Deputy Course Manager, Ben Millson Assistant Greenkeeper & Henry Connolly Assistant Greenkeeper)

First side of 14th to 15th path has been completed. This time we used thicker and longer boarding set deeper and filled to the top with path material, giving better access to the 15th and more aesthetically pleasing on the eye.  

(Ben Millson Assistant Greenkeeper & Tom Parker Apprentice)

14th to 15th path is now 95% complete all boards are now in, a scattering of path material needs to be thrown down and wacker platted for the final accomplished look.

Final complete photo to come...........

Bunker renovation begins!

A time-lapse video of the 7th right hand greenside bunker being stripped of sand, and then the astroturf layer and being prepared for the rubber crumb layer to be installed.

Topping up the bunkers 12/2/15

(Joshua mccallum First Assistant, Ben millson Assistant greenkeeper & Tom Parker Apprentice)

  

3rd Fairway Bunker

Winter slitting and rolling the greens 11/02/15

(Ben millson assistant greenkeeper & Joshua mccallum first assistant)

Slitting: The slitting aeration technique (using triangular blades to create lots of short, narrow, close slits) is particularly useful in the winter come spring. To help "connect" the surface of the soil with the underlying drainage layers, though it has shortcomings in its ability to solve compaction problems. Also, because of a slitting machines light weight, it can be used during periods of long cold and showery spells, when other types of aerification are not possible.

Oil change on the 8800 rough mower + a dusting of snow.

 (Deputy course manager John Quinn & Assistant greenkeeper Henry Connolly) 

A morning dusting of snow at the sheds 05/02/2015

Winter buggy servicing

Cold frosty winter mornings, gives us time to do monthly maintenance checks on all our buggies, wash downs and fuel top ups.  (Tom our apprentice) carrying out these monthly checks.

More SNOW!!! 3/2/2015

 This mornings course walk checking for any damage from the snow and urban activity.

Looking back down the 13th.

Guess the hole?

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Scenic photos from 2014-January 2015

 Looking over the 10th.

 9th woods.

Brushing 9th hole.

 Course walk snow settling on the 1st. 31/1/2015

Fog descending over the 2nd.