They have finished just in front of the 10th tee, where they will be resuming next week, starting on holes 10-18. There are a couple of smaller diameter pipe 'legs' to go in around the 9th green and 1st tees, these will be done when ploughing in the 18th green and 10th tees.
Holes 10-18 will be closed from 30th January to 3rd February.
With the recent weather been mostly dry damage has been minimal so far, rain is forecast over the next few days, hopefully this will not be too influential to the installation. The concrete for the tank bases has been delayed due to the low temperatures.
Colin, the greens chairman has been busy once again constructing some oak sleeper bins that we are going to put out onto the course to help reduce litter and mess created by squirrels and crows. We will put them out, hopefully during the next few weeks. They will be positioned away from the regular cut areas but where golfers can access them. They are heavy and will be placed on a concrete slab, so moving them to cut will not be easy.
The Air2G2 aeration machine is still working through all 30 greens pumping air into the substructure, with the recent cold weather its been slower than hoped, however its hire is based per green rather per day so we will do them once conditions are right. Doing them during frosty or severely frozen conditions could do damage to the green or machine. Currently a third of the greens are complete.
Machinery servicing and refurbishing summer markers continues.
