Yesterday afternoon and today has felt like spring is just around the corner, The sun has been shining down, the course is drying out and it feels.........warm. The team set out to check the greens and push any water off that remains from yesterdays thaw.
There are some really positive signs that all the hard work the team has put in over the winter installing drainage is having some effect. The 15th green would still be puddled this morning needing 2-3 staff to push water off the side of the green, the drain had removed the water from 3 low sections leaving only one puddle requiring one person to remove.
This is obviously still a problem so we aim to install another drain to this section of the green at the start of next week.
The 8th bunker and surrounding area that was drained at the end of last week is now dry, when installing the drain the team found an old clay pipe which has been linked into the out let and runs freely, we aren't sure where the clay pipe leads but is draining the land nether the less.
We finished off the drain in the 18th green side bunker, which was started before Christmas when the 18th fairway drains were installed. A section of pipe was connected and back filled with stone and sharp sand before the sand was re spread.
Solid tining of the fairways continues, with 14, 15 now completed and the start of 27th done, also some of the tees are being done whilst travelling around the course
Will has been working around the car park and 19th tee pruning shrubs and cutting hedges as travelling on the course has to be limited due to the ground conditions.
