20th August 2026
COURSE MAINTENANCE
- We continue to cut all areas of the course as required.
- The dry weather has provided the opportunity to commence improvements to the 10th tee. As you can see, progress has been good, and the construction aspect of the job has been completed before any bad weather comes in. This does necessitate the use of the right hand side of the tee until the closing medal. Our apologies for this inconvenience, but the long term benefit will be much more even use of the tees, as the increased numbers playing on the tees continue.
- My thanks to Ian Bowers and Denis Higginbottom whose hard work has contributed to the new steps and edging for the 10th tee.
GREENS MAINTENANCE
- The greens have survived the exceptionally dry period, in quite good condition. This is very positive, as autumn,and poorer weather approaches.
- The prolonged dry period has caused significant stress to the sub soil of the greens, which has become compacted. In an attempt to reduce this stress and encourage better drainage over the winter period, we intend to verti drain the greens on THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBER. This procedure involves inserting a deep spike into the ground, and as it is a very slow process, temporary greens will be in use on this day.
- The surface thatch on the greens accumulates over the season, and requires a scarifying procedure to remove it. This will be done on TUESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER (weather dependent). This process takes 2-3 days, and means that temporary greens will need to be used. We appreciate your patience during these procedures, but they will prove beneficial over the winter period, as the main greens will stay in play much longer.
FUSARIUM UPDATE
- We are entering Fusariums favourite period (dry periods, followed by heavy rain leading to increased levels of humidity). We have noted a few pockets of the disease, so we will be spraying a fungicide on the greens in the near future.
- There will be continuous monitoring for any outbreaks of Fusarium in the next weeks.
THANK YOU
- The volunteers continue to provide lots of support on a daily basis. This has allowed the greens team the time to work on the remodelling of the 10th tee. Thank you to them all.
- As always, I am very grateful to Scott, Steve, Ian and Darryl for their continued hard work and support.
Nigel