As the title suggests the weekend just past was not one of the best. Firstly the leaves are falling thick and fast from the trees with the high winds, these covered the course. On a weekend we only have time on a morning to blow off greens and some of the worst tees. Through the week we are able to spend more time and more men blowing leaves.
The scene on the 12th this morning before blowing. This was cleared yesterday but the wind blowing leaves across the green constantly was causing problems for golfers. A tractor mounted blower and two back pack blowers went out to tackle the leaves.
A great job done, once cleared tees and surrounds were cut. Growth is still going, especially as the air temperature was 18 degrees at the weekend. This is causing issues trying to cut grass with soft ground conditions and leaves, creates a lot of mess.
With ground conditions softening preferred lies are now on and the grass section of the range tee is now closed until spring.
Disappointingly the badger retuned to the course at the weekend ripping up a lot of turf at the start of the 6th fairway. This will have to be repaired in the spring. Anything repaired now will be ripped straight back up. Very frustrating to see, this may not be the end of the damage either.
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