Over the weekend we had 35mm of rain which left the course saturated, the drainage we have recently installed is certainly getting tested. A lot of the water was stood on fairways and in the semi which has highlighted further areas where the drainage system needs to be improved in the coming years.

The staff worked tirelessly pushing off water where they could, greens and surrounds have to be the priority areas as they can determine weather the course is open or closed when the rest of the course is borderline. This morning I was expecting the worst after seeing the water stood on the course yesterday, however I was quite surprised about how the majority of the course had dried enough to allow play. There were however areas that were still saturated and unplayable, we managed to open 13 holes with work being carried out on the others to remove water from traffic areas. With the wet areas being on sloped ground buggies were not allowed on the course due to health and safety reasons.
The greens were drying throughout the day, we cut the practice green with the hand mower to tidy any growth

We have continued with machine servicing and in the afternoons started to repair some badger damage