Work continues at pace on the course, towards the end of the week we have been concentrating on cutting as the start of the week we lost time due to tining of some of the greens. Fairways, semi, greens, surrounds, tees have been cut. The hedge down the entrance lane is being trimmed as the passing places have grown considerably this year. We have an Articulatorrough mower on demonstration this week to try it under our tree'd rough grass areas. We usually cut these areas with a deck mower on the back of a tractor which can be time consuming, but does make a good job. The Aticulator mower is a zero turn 'skid steer' type mower which is 100 inches wide. It is very manoeuvrable so makes cutting rough between trees easy and quicker.

Adam on the demo mower .................................................'wishing he could keep it'

We applied some fertiliser to the surrounds via a drop spreader to try and thicken the sward where wear affects growth. Its a 8 week release fertiliser so should give continuous growth until the end of the season, when we will start renovation to the surrounds and approaches.

Overall the course looks good and with the recent rain has once again brought good definition to most areas.