Fairways

With the good weather continuing we have begun to cut the fairways and in some cases reshape a couple of areas e.g. The 2nd fairway is now 1 fairway instead of being split into 2 sections. There is some grass clippings lying as it is there first cut of the year but they will tidy up after another cut. It's only the back 9 left to cut.

Green collars

We have a cored green collars on 2,6,10,12&13 with 5/8 tines, these collars have been quite soft so we will remove some thatch and brush sand into the holes, this will aid to firm them up. We have not actually gone on the green with the bigger tine.

First cut of the year.

With the weather being mild and dry we cut the greens and approaches on both courses, this has been there first cut since the end of last year.

15th back tee

The new back tee is finally started to take shape, we've pegged it out for height, now is just a case of levelling off. Then once we get the top level we will blend of the sides.

15/2/2012

Busy day at Piperdam, we got the 17th pond sealed again and filled. The back of the 10th green on the collar has also been very soft, we forked holes into the turf and then pushed top dressing into the holes and dressed the whole area. This will hope help to get some moisture away and also give somewhere for the grass roots to grow into.

Ponds

We've started cleaning out the ponds on the course and we are going to fix the overflow on the 16th pond to raise the water level.

Edging, tidying and weeding the bunkers

We've started to get the bunkers prepared for the new season, below is a picture of Blair raking the newly edged bunker and the other is of Gary edging and weeding.

Next phase

The changing room/pro shop re-development is carrying on at a steady pace, we are now in position to lift out the individual sections. As at the end of work today we where over half way removing the sections.

Winter wonderland?!!

Hawthorns

We have planted some young hawthorns along the out of bounds on the left hand side of the the 15th fairway before the corner. There are already a few hawthorns along this line, we have filled in the gaps so eventually it will give a nice uninterrupted feature giving good definition.

White frost

Could all golfers please stay off the greens when we are on winter course. This is especially more important during white frost as this could have lasting damage on the plant leave. There is a chance that the grass will not recover until it grows out and until then we will have black then yellow feet/trolley marks on the greens.

Below is a picture of the putting green where a golfer has walked across pulling a trolley.

White frost

There is a hard white frost today at Piperdam, the wee course is closed and the big course is on full winters. The loch is also frozen right over.

Changing rooms

Work continues dismantling the old changing rooms, the first photo shows the plaster board being removed and the second shows the roof beginning to be stripped.