Towards the end of the week we finished off the remainder of the clubhouse plants and after the 10mm of rain we had Thursday night cutting was main priority as growth is now strong.

Greens were groomed, cut and double rolled, surrounds, teesides, fairways, semi and tees cut once more, the course looking fantastic and many good comments from members and visitors which is always good to hear.

We raked the bunkers again on Friday and strimmed the ditch at 10/13/14 and the 8th pond. We also started plugging some of the damaged turf on the 6th and 9th green where the drainage work was done through winter. Although the drainage was a success the amount of time water was stood on the turf last year did permanent damage to the finer grasses in the low areas. Next week we hope to overseed the poorer bits of turf. Whilst plugging the green there is clear evidence the work we have done in the past has increased the sand content of the rootzone, improving the drainage capabilities during wet weather.

Next week we also will be making our routine application of growth regulator to the greens, along with seaweed, wetter fertiliser and iron.