Ladies week

Wednesday and Thursday this week has ladies open day and ladies at home day. These are usually very busy competitions as Malton and Norton seems to be very popular for any of the open days throughout the year. 

Before Wednesday we needed to top dress the greens and micro tine to complete our spring maintenance. Fortunately the weather was ideal with windy warm and dry conditions followed by the isolated shower. 

We used 8 mm tines down to a depth of 100 mm. This is just to open up the surface and creates better rooting. It also insures play is not disrupted as there is very little surface disruption. After a couple of days recovery is complete. With a busy calendar of fixtures this is the only time that we are able to complete the work. Followed the tining we rolled the greens and matted to ensure that the sand is worked into the surface and holes are closed up. 

Other jobs has been to get on top of cutting of semi rough intermediate rough tees surrounds approaches and fairways. As the temperature has risen grass growth is a lot stronger than it was last week. The intermediate rough especially is becoming a thicker. In preparation for the ladies days, we have cut everything and the course is looking great. 

Let's hope this weather continues.