Time for a trim

Well what a week of sunshine, glorious days for March. Even though the temperatures aren't high, there is a lot of strength in the sun. The night time temperatures are still cold, with frosts most mornings but they soon give way when the sun peeps through.

This week we are continuing with drainage work with most of 27/17 done. A great effort by the team, with other jobs on the go we have only had alistair and rich working on the drainage most days, leading away has created very little mess. 

The dead grass area on the 27 will have to be turf once all the drainage is finished. 

Elsewhere we have taken advantage of the dry conditions to get shortly mown areas cut. Greens have been cut with the triple, height remaining at 4.5 mm bench setting, which equates to around 3.75 mm actual height. Following that they were sprayed with phosphite and seaweed to act as a bit of a tonic before we apply some granular fertiliser when the weather breaks again. Fairways were cut at 18mm, surrounds cut with the hand mower set at 12mm and we have also trimmed round sprinkler heads ready for the system being opened up. 

Today we micro tined the greens to get some air into the roots to aid growth and density. With the greens being firm and in good shape they tined well with minimal printing and recovery should be very quick. I would expect they will be back to normal within a couple of days. 

To help smooth the surface they were vibrate rolled afterwards.