Winter Hand Mowing 3/3/15

An insight into how long and how far it takes to hand mow a third of the greens.

(First Assistant Joshua McCallum)

(Ben Millson Assistant Greenkeeper)

15th Green

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