Saturday, 3 May 2014

A course to be proud of

What an enventful few days. This week we have been preparing for another long weekend, fortunately temperatures have dropped and we have been lucky enough to miss all the rain that swept across the country on thurs ( 1mm of drizzle ). In some respects I would have been happy with a few millimeters of rain to keep things ticking along, however there were areas not to far away from us that received 50mm of rain, we certainly didn't want that.
As previously mentioned the divot day was held on Wednesday which saved is a lot of time and effort. Divoting of tees was finished off and the range was renovated with practice areas over seeded. 
One our main jobs this week was to start edging bunkers. After the faces were initially cut, the edges were shimmed, strimmed and then sand pushed back up the faces. We have made good progress on holes 1-9 and we will continue next week. 

We have groomed greens along with daily cutting and occasional rolling. 

The greens are looking and playing really good and we are pleased with how they are performing at the moment. We will be micro tining this coming week. Please be aware of this, recovery will be seen within a couple of days. 
Finally a full prep for this weekends play, all cut and bunkers raked. Another great effort from the team, and a course at the moment we all should be very proud of. 


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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.