Coring

The big greens got cored with a 3/8 tine down to 2.5 inches. We then blew the cores to the edge and collected. The greens have been cut today to lift up any remaining debris, this also helps to smooth the surface out.

The greens were then sprayed with medallion as we had a little fusarium starting to kick off and the weather forecast is to change to cold with a chance of snow.

Course open

The flooding has eased off on both courses. There are a few puddles and the ground is a bit soft but both courses are open. Bunkers are GUR and its preferred lies.

Flooding

The big course was hit pretty hard with flooding today, the water was puddling in areas I've seen before! Towards the end of the day the rain did start to ease off and the flooding started to go down. The wee course was very wet but the greens stood up to the rain and we managed to get golfers out. I'm hopeful the courses will be open tomorrow but will probably have a few puddles and standing water in low areas.

Frosty

With the frosty mornings we have carried on preparing the newly levelled ladies tee at 10. It's not that big but it's a par 5 so it doesn't need to be too big.

When the frost has lifted in the day we have carried on cutting the course and keeping the presentation levels to an acceptable standard. Toro have also brought in the new 3420 greens triple, we have got it for a few weeks so it will let us have a good look at it!

Wee greens

We cored the wee greens today with a 3/8 mini core down to an inch in depth. We don't need to go to deep or big in these greens as they are relatively new usga spec greens. We take a core out to prevent a thatch build up also it helps to get air into the soil. We then verti-cut up the cores and blew of any remaining debris.

I plan to core the big greens with the same size if core next week weather permitting.