A taste of winter

Over the last few days the night time temperatures have fallen sharply resulting in some keen frosts. As members are aware it is the golf club policy to play on the course and greens in frosty weather, i would like to ask all members to take care when frosts are present, firstly to avoid injury and secondly to preserve the course. Ride on buggies are to stick to the semi rough as much as possible to avoid grass damage and golfers using trolleys please respect traffic management measures. Now the colder weather has hit us we are using the winter teeing areas to preserve summer tees for the start of the golfing season.

The frost have also increased the rate which leaves are falling from the trees, We seem to be making inroads into the mass of leaf litter on the course, but it wont be until all the leaves are off the trees that we can have a final clear up and tidy up the course. The change of colour in some of the trees is stunning, coupled with the frosty morning create some fantastic images, albeit not captured at their best with my equipment! (a phone camera).

We have just replaced our very old hand mower for a professional mower from Toro, The replacement mower is 10 years old but is what we need to cut through winter and to cut the putting green throughout the summer.

Trying it out on the 13th