2 week of maintenance

Into week two, this time 10-18 are being tined sanded and brushed to get our annual aeration programme completed.

The weather this week hasn't been as kind to us, a good start on Monday was soon slowed by sharp showers. These didn't bring much rain but wet the sand on the greens surface and made it difficult to work into the lower profile where it has the greatest benefit. 

The ground was also initially damp due to 24mm of rain on Sunday afternoon that brought a halt to ladies captains day. 

With our routine finely tuned we worked around the problems and managed to complete all greens by dinner time today. 

The greens we worked on last week are coming along nicely, the more days that pass the better they become. Growth is fairly vigorous so they are slower than previously but we had to promote growth after sanding to increase speed of recovery. 

Over the next couple of days we will start spraying them with growth regulator to control growth and speed through the day.