17th green alterations

Today the course was closed again due to heavy rain overnight. This gave us time to repair all the badger damage on the 22nd hole and roll it down. We also continued strimming around the trees on the course and cutting the long rough in areas where the ground conditions were dry enough. We are having to spend a lot of time blowing all the debris and leaves from greens and surrounds and off tees due to the recent strong winds. Blowing leaves around the course is a continual job for the next few months as we have a lot of trees on the course.

As the course was closed it was an ideal time to start the green alteration at the 17th green. Every time we have had heavy rain water collects at the back of the green as the surround is too high preventing water running towards the drain.

We cut the turf and laid it out in order so it went back easily. Then took measurements to ensure we removed enough of the surround to allow the water to flow from the green to the drain.

Using the measurements we started to reshape the surround to blend in to the existing contours