Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Tining update

Today we top dressed the rest of the greens on the course with straight sand and matted in. applying around half a tonne a green.
Where the greens were tined yesterday we matted them once again and cut to remove any growth whilst the surfaces were dry. Ball roll across the tined areas is smooth considering they were done yesterday. They will need a few days until the sand settles into the sward.

We had a visit from our agronomist, Robert Laycock today who inspected the course mainly concentrating on the greens. He was pleased on the progress we are making, his report will be available in the next couple of weeks. Elsewhere we raked bunkers cut surrounds, tees, teesides, semi, fairways and moved holes.

About Me

Im the Head Greenkeeper at Malton and Norton Golf Club. I began my greenkeeping career at Malton and Norton Golf Club straight from school as an Assistant Greenkeeper. Wanting to climb the greenkeeping ladder I gained my NVQ level 2 and 3 at Askham Bryan College. I continued with my education gaining a HNC in golf course management and took the position of Deputy Head Greenkeeper at Malton and Norton Golf Club in 2005.In 2008 I was promoted to the position of Head Greenkeeper, leading a team of 6 hard working and dedicated Greenkeepers. Our aim is to continue to improve the condition of the course year on year maintaining our high reputation within the area.