Monday, 19 March 2012

Today we continued with tree pruning, we only have a couple of holes to finish, the trees are near budding out so it is good that we have nearly finished our extensive efforts to check nearly every tree on the course.

We also marked out the car park, we have to spray paint the lines 2 - 3 times a year. First they are brushed off, then relined using an aerosol.
We cut the greens this afternoon when they were completely dry, as we did not want to pick up sand from topdressing last week. With the warm weather they are improving day by day.
The 6th green
We cut tees, unfortunately our tees mower has an electrical fault which needs attention, so we cut tees with a tee side mower set at tees height. Before they were cut they were brushed with a tractor mounted green tek brush to stand up the grass and remove any worm casts.
Scott on the 8th tee

About Me

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.