Monday 30 September 2013

Competition time again!!!

Competition time again! Lucky 5 is back starting from October the 1st 6-30am..
Be the 5th person to come up to us on the course and speak to us about our blog and win yourself a pack of brand new golf balls! Good luck!!!

Keep an eye out too for the Greenkeeper profiles coming soon :)

Saturday 28 September 2013

Grass growth and preparing irrigation shutdown

This week has seen a burst of growth all around the course and the new seed on the greens really coming through to thicken the green sward up.
We've also checked over our irrigation system thoroughly and replaced anything that needed replacing ready for the pump shut down..

This week has also seen the mornings getting darker with some beautiful early skies..



Friday 13 September 2013

Competition time!!!!! Monday 16th September onwards..

We are running a competition from next Monday onwards and its called lucky 5 '
Basically the 5th person to speak to us on the course about our blog will win a pack of brand new golf balls donated by ourselves!!!
Good luck to all...

Ps- Our Greenkeeping team profiles will shortly be put on here so keep your eyes peeled....

Thursday 12 September 2013

Greens maintenance complete

Greens maintenance now complete, greens have been scarified in 2 directions taking out alot of thatch and traces of moss, over seeded with a fescue mix, top dressed, brushed, cut, rolled, fertilised and then watered, the new seed should start coming through within the next 7-10 days depending on weather.
Our plans to verti drain the greens (spike) has been put back 4-6 weeks due to the greens being slightly too hard to get down as deep as we would like to go (13inches), this will help the drainage and surface water through the winter months..
It's been a long tough week with extra hours worked and its taken its toll on us all especially our hard working Clivos

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Blenheim 9 Hole maintenance update

Our maintenance on the Blenheim 9 hole course started Monday the 2nd of September, it started with a double pass scarify to help remove thatch and traces of moss, we then used our brushes to clean up the green and then cut immediately after.
The following day we hollow tined the greens removing small cores with our core harvester before again cutting, over seeding with a bar fescue mix and then rolled the greens to help smooth the surface out.
then on the Wednesday morning we sprayed each green with a thatch away chemical and a rocastem product before top dressing the greens. Once dry we then dragged and brushed the dressing in to the holes to fill them up, to finish off the greens we're then cut and watered.

The main 18 greens will be a similar process and we'll be starting them next Tuesday!
Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have..