The final 9

Well we have started on the final 9 greens on the course, the same process as we went through on the other greens. 

We have been lucky with the weather for all 3 maintenance weeks. Today has been dry and windy, ideal for working the sand into the turf canopy and down the holes made with the verti drain. As the 19-27 greens are smaller than the others we managed to complete all 9 greens in the day. Again following sanding over the next few days we will roll fertilise and water until they are ready for play on Friday. 

The other greens are recovering well but we have had an outbreak of anthracnose.  This has been triggered by the abrasion of the sand, exposing the soil and excessive watering to help the sand bed into the green. This has been treated and will grow out over time but unfortunately doesn't look great. 

The rest of the course is still looking good thanks to the hard work of the team. We are trialling a different way of cutting the approaches, with more work going into making the quality of turf better we have cut some with the surrounds mower to give a better visual impression leading up to the green. This may take too long to do so we may have have to compromise on which approaches we do.