Tidy up

After the heavy rain on Friday and Saturday we were struggling to continue with the 18th new tee on Monday morning. The area was very soft and with a lot of leading of soil to do I thought the damage we would cause would be too much. This project will now be left until next year as we have incoming drainage works planned. 

All we could do is concentrate on tidying the irrigation trenches and repairing the wet areas around the ditch ready for turfing this week. 

A drain was also installed in a low area around the ditch whilst the trench was open. 

Elsewhere we have been trying to get on top of leaf litter. The recent winds have spread them across the course. The tractor mounted blower and two hand blowers have been out daily. 

We have Neville maw the hedge cutting contractor here this week to cut the hedges on the course. This takes him 3 days. Following this all remaining bits will be cut by hand. 

We have also been planting the remaining pines trees on the 10 and 18th holes. Turfing of the 10th bunker and the 16th white tee will be done over the next couple of days.