Fantastic week at the office!

Its not bad having a golf course as your office when weve had wall to wall sunshine this week and the course is looking the best it has for some time. Even last year with the weather we struggled to really get on top of things to make Malton and Norton Golf club look and play at its best. The green keeping team we have here always work hard to produce the best course we can offer and now we are in to our summer groove the members at Malton should be proud of what we have. To be honest my camera doesn't do the course justice!

The greens are increasing in speed due to regular rolling and the dry weather firming up the surfaces. This morning running at 10'6'' on the stimp meter.
We do still have some poor areas still from the water and badger damage but even those are recovering slowly and are class as GUR

 

The two pictures above are where we had severe badger damage throughout winter, now seeded and just about fully recovered. Below is what it was like after the damage has finally subsided.

Ouch, it still frustrates me to look back at these pictures. Fortunately as a club we have been proactive by applying insecticide to a lot of areas of the course to limit damage in the future.

The hedge that was removed is also recovering well after initial seeding however is still GUR