Wee course

With the wet weather overnight and through the morning, we will be unable to do any productive cutting on the courses as this will be untidy and may stress out the grass plant. It is a perfect opportunity to catch up with the bunkers on the wee course and to begin edging, weeding and stone picking.

Summer vacancy

We are currently looking for a seasonal greenkeeper to join our team in what is a very exciting year for Piperdam. Own transport is essential. If interested please contact myself in 07803036831 or email ShaunAnderson808@hotmail.com

Friday

This week has been quite frustrating with the weather, we have had very little opportunity to cut as the snow has hung around all week. This morning we had to deal with the 3,4,5 & 7 greens on the osprey course and use snow shovels to scoop up the remaining snow/slush. It has hung around in the collars/edges of these greens as they are north facing and the way they are shaped, they had filled up with quite a bit of snow. I would generally never do this and let it thaw out naturally but the course was busy and the snow wasn't actually stuck to the leaf it, so it didnt cause any damage coming up. The 5th green has been left quite wet as the snow on the surrounding banks has melted and washed onto the green, this green hasn't been cut today as it would have put the green under stress. The approaches have also been cut. We are lucky in a sense that last week the course was fully cut so the all the other surfaces are still well presented.

Winter course

Still a bit of snowing hanging around, the wee course will be closed this morning and the big course will be on winters. As the day goes on we will reevaluate the courses and hopefully get some greens back on full on the big course and we may get the wee course open.

Snow

The courses have remained shut today. The snow was lifting slowly this morning but as the day has gone in it has melted a bit faster, hopefully the temperatures will stay up and we can get the courses open again at some point tomorrow.

Its snow joke!

After the recent mini heatwave we are back to traditional Scottish weather!!! I woke up this morning to snow in the back garden and 3"-4" at Piperdam!! The forecast is for more snow today and cold tomorrow but the temperatures are rising towards the weekend and being this time of year i predict the snow won't stay long.

Opening game

After a frost interrupted start this morning we cut and rolled the greens, moved the markers and raked bunkers.