The 24th looking linksy
The dry weather has also had an effect on the texture of the grasses, a lot of areas on the course are made up of rye grass which can become wirey in dry weather. The tees, although being irrigated, can become matted and wirey too, they are made up of bents, fescues, smooth stalk meadow grass and rye. We took the opportunity before the weather turns to scarify the tees, to lift, cut and remove dead material from the surface. Once the scarifying units had been passed across the tees, they were cut to ensure any lifted grass was removed and striped back up for presentation.
We also scarified the greens this morning, once again to remove any organic matter and to lift lateral growth. Bent grass, which we are trying to encourage on the greens has a growth habit which needs regular maintenance to ensure it doesn't get too much lateral growth. Following scarification we double verticut and tidied the surface with a straight cut. We will spray them with wetting agent, fertiliser, growth regulator and seaweed later this week.
The 23rd irrigation box was refitted after the irrigation leak was fixed
