Rainfall for the week 0.0 mm
Rainfall for 2025 973.5
mm
A week of beautiful early Spring weather
has had a positive effect on the course with an increase to growth across
fairway and green surfaces aiding the recovery from renovations. With the sun rising
higher in the sky, we have also seen the color return to the 3rd, 4th,
and 7th fairways, with these fairways receiving their first mow for
quite some time. Our greens are improving each day with the height being cut
back to our normal 3mm for the weekend.
The herbicide applications that were made
to take advantage of the recent rainfall during the week of renovations is
starting to take effect with the winter grass weeds sprayed turning yellow and
dying off. The success of this application can also be measured against the
fact that none of this application affected any of the putting surfaces. This
is important when we consider that winter grass makes up around half of the
surface population across our putting surfaces.
The team has installed sub-surface drainage
lines in the approach area to the new 19th/7th green,
with turf being delivered on Tuesday next week to cover over these drainage
lines, as well as the lines across the 2nd and 3rd holes.
We will be laying washed couch over these drainage lines. Washed turf means
they remove the soil from the rolls of turf after they have been cut from the
paddock, using high pressure water nozzles in a uniquely designed system. If we
were to use the turf that we normally purchase from the turf supplier with the
soil backing to each roll, we would cap over the drainage line and reduce the
efficacy of the drainage system.
The club has purchased two of the Husqvarna
autonomous mowers which are being set up this week. These mowers will be positioned
to mow seven fairways (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th,
8th, 10th, and 11th) most likely during the day,
but can also be used during the night (depending on the amount of debris across
fairway surfaces). The investment in these mowers is not to replace staff, but
to allow staff members to focus on other duties that might not be otherwise possible
when mowing fairways for the day.
We have also purchased a strong fleet of
battery powered items that will replace our fuel powered equipment. Hand
blowers, whipper snippers and hedgers are now battery powered which are quieter
to use meaning staff can blow leaf debris out of bunkers at 5am on Wednesday
mornings instead of having to hand rake this debris before our 7am curfew.
There are also no exhaust fumes for staff to contend with when using the
whipper snippers or hedgers, which can only be a health benefit long term.
Our ever-willing volunteers were on course
Monday morning continuing to rejuvenate the green, yellow, and white plate
markers before we reinstall these back out onto the tees. We are changing how
these will be reinstalled, setting them into the ground instead of the smaller
tombstone to reduce the number of visible items on the tee complexes. The
volunteers also removed the lockers from the men’s locker room and continued to
work on the front awning of the temporary clubhouse. Thank you gentlemen for
your continued efforts and support, it is always very much appreciated.
Greens will be mown
both mornings this weekend. I will be setting pins on Saturday with Garry
setting them on Sunday.
Happy Golfing
The Course Team.
