The slog

Now all the intense course maintenance is complete it's now a slower longer slog to cut down all the long rough. We started last week with good progress being made. Cutting down of the longer grass is essential to ensure once the leaves fall we can round them up and clear them easily. The other positive side to the cutting is that the 'in play' areas are also collected. This removes nutrients from the ground which would otherwise just be returned. Removing of the nutrients leads to thinner, less vigorous growth in following years. The type of  land is never going to yield whispy rough like on a links course but we feel we do what we can to improve all areas. 

Overall the course is looking great. The downside of cutting at this time of the year is the amount of mess created due to wet, dewy mornings. This is difficult to avoid as we can't wait until the grass dries as growth is still to vigorous and all the cutting jobs would not get completed.