Start of 27th drainage

With all path work finished off this morning we moved on to the drainage work we have planned for the 27th fairway. We have around 150m to install which will be connected to existing drainage around the 17th. 

We have also another 50m right of the 17th that we hope to start before the end of the week. 

The rest of the team started applying the fairway fertiliser to holes 10-18 as they were closed for the day to carry out the maintenance safely. The fairway fertiliser is the same as we applied last year, a 5 month release product which is temperature and moisture released to ensure good consistent growth. A 24-5-10 analysis applied at 30 gms sq meter using hand spreaders, the dewy conditions this morning was perfect as application was easy to see. 

The other fairways will be done before the end of the week. 

Work to be completed over the next few days is to finish hedge cutting, continue with the 16th green root barrier and finish the 4th bunker drain. 

With the weather looking milder towards the end of the week we may get other areas of grass tidied up, such as tees, fairways and teesides. 

We also may return to some of the summer tees.