Staff changes

We have seen a couple of changes in the staffing levels/positions in the last month or so.  Gary has moved onto the position of Head Greenkeeper at Cupar golf club, we wish Gary all the best and thank him for all his hard work in the last 4 years.   Steve is taking a step up and becoming deputy.   Steve has been with us for 5 years and it's a great opportunity for him.  John who has been our seasonal for the past 4 seasons has been made full time, it's great to have him on board all year round.   Also due to the increased amount of chainsaw work we have kept our other seasonal Sean on to take care of that.

Road resurfacing

During the past few seasons some of the roads/car park around the clubhouse and 1st tee have become a bit unsightly due to potholes forming.   We have identified these areas and have had them resurfaced, this will improve the look around these areas and make them safer for vehicles and pedestrians.

Shade

There has always been an issue with shade on the 4th green, with the left/back not seeing much light during the winter months.  This is because of the large deciduous trees at the back of the green.  We have thinned these out to allow light and air movement.   I used or new log grab/trailer,  great piece of kit!!

Friday set up

As part of course set up on friday the greens were pedestrian cut, holes changed and general course maintenance.

Coring

We are carrying  on with coring tees, we have also started to core over the drains on the 14th fairway to help this dry up faster.

Collars & tees

We've finished coring collars, now we are concentrating on the Tees.  We hope to core all tees but this is weather dependant so we are doing the ones that require most attention first.

Autumn renovations

We cored the big course greens with a 3/8" tine and top dressed behind.  The wee greens were needing a but more attention as they hadn't been opened up this year so we used a 1/2" tine.  This was completed in mid October the greens have now fully recovered.  We have also graded half of the green on 1,2,3,4,6 & 9.  We had planned do more but the weather has been against us being very wet. 

Course maintenance has been restricted as the course has been getting saturated with all the rainfall.  We haven't cut much as the growth has slowed down but we have still been pedestrian cutting greens.

Today was the first day in 4 weeks we have had no rain.  Generally the greens have held up well with. Just a few collars staying a tad soggy.  

We have been carrying out tree pruning and taking out any dead trees.  We have also started to core the collars on the greens with 3/4" tines.  We hope to complete these this week.