At last it looks like the weather is turning to more drier, favourable conditions. The course is however still closed, with Wednesday looking the earliest it will be open, providing no further rain falls. It is still very wet, nearly 6 inches of rain has fallen in April. Only this afternoon have we began to think about taking the mowers on to the course to try and cut some grass since last Wednesday. We are however very limited to where we can go due to the ground conditions. We started to cut the greens with the hand mower this morning, as it is still too soft for the triple mowers to run across the greens.
11th green
8th green
Whilst the greens were being cut the rest of the team pushed water off the wettest greens and attended to drainage issues around the course. Then bunker edging was finished off on 1-18 holes, we started divoting fairways and the surround mower was set up for grooming for tomorrow.
Holes 21-24 are now flooded, the water has come up around 3 foot above normal level due to the River Derwent rising after the significant rain recently. The water level may increase further over the next couple of days until the River subsides to its normal height.
