Ready for a busy July

The calendar of events at malton and norton golf club is packed, so we have another busy month of preparations for big competitions coming in July. We like to think we keep the course in prime condition most of the time, but the schedule of golf competitions creates routines and maintenance tasks which in turn creates minor peaks and troughs in top end presentation. 

The course is once again looking and playing very well, the continued dry weather has increased green speed and slowed grass growth helping us catch up on jobs and carry out some trials. 

We use rescue herbicide on selected areas on the course to remove rye grass, most recently on surrounds to great effect. We are currently trialling it on areas of long rough, which this year due to the wet spring is very thick. The trial is being carried out on different thicknesses, varieties and lengths of rough to see the effects. Hopefully over time will enable us to reduce the more course grasses in these areas. 

More information will be posted on these trials in time. 

Other work on the course been carried out this week has mainly been cutting, however we have continued tree pruning in problem areas, tidied areas around the car park, sprayed another compost tea application, divoted tees, fixed an irrigation burst at the 1st and tidied the fallen oak tree at 14.  

We have also had Eric bell, a member volunteering his time to stain and varnish the clubhouse furniture. Our thanks go out to him.