Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Wind = damage

More strong winds brought down a further couple of trees and a lot of debris and broken branches. This time a leylandii tree near the 16th tee / 27th green was brought down, cleared away once the winds had eased. This area along with several others are going to be planted up with pine and silver birch. These are being delivered next week, all the trees have been marked out today. 
This morning we had a light snow shower which settled for around an hour but wasn't enough to stop play.
We have been installing the drainage into the 10 bunker which is the last job before the sand is added before spring.
This is connected to the main fairway drain which runs to the 10 th ditch.
The 12th bunker has now been turfed again with just the sand to be added. 
Today Ian Levelle from Symbio took soil samples to asses weather the aeration and nutrition programme we current use is working. We both thought the greens were looking good for the time of year and the profile was looking healthy on the majority of greens.
Machinery maintenance continues at pace with 13 units ground so far.

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Im the Head Greenkeeper at Malton and Norton Golf Club. I began my greenkeeping career at Malton and Norton Golf Club straight from school as an Assistant Greenkeeper. Wanting to climb the greenkeeping ladder I gained my NVQ level 2 and 3 at Askham Bryan College. I continued with my education gaining a HNC in golf course management and took the position of Deputy Head Greenkeeper at Malton and Norton Golf Club in 2005.In 2008 I was promoted to the position of Head Greenkeeper, leading a team of 6 hard working and dedicated Greenkeepers. Our aim is to continue to improve the condition of the course year on year maintaining our high reputation within the area.