Turf starting to go down

After 20 mm of rain Monday it was a good opportunity to see if the ditch did what it was supposed to do. This was taken Tuesday morning, a good volume of water had collected and was running away nicely into the 17th ditch. 

Tuesday also was the start of the turf laying. I decided to turf as it would have been impossible to get a steep bank to hold seed and soil. 

The team starting the long task of turfing all the banks.

Elsewhere we have been topping up some bunkers with sand. 

The greens, tees, surrounds and areas where golfers travel around greens and tees have been sprayed with carbendazim to suppress worm activity. 

Fairways are being started on today. 

Winter tees are being cut out to get them ready for when they are needed later in to the autumn. 

These are just cut out of the semi rough away from the usual summer routes.

Leaf volume is increasing, daily blowing of greens tees and fairways is needed. Collection of leaves will start next week.