Dry enough for a cut

IAt last the weather dried up enough to get a reasonable cut to the surrounds and approaches. It has been nearly a month since we were last able to cut them due to wet weather and debris constantly battering the course. Even now we weren't able to cut all of them. A mixture of hand cutting and triple cutting. Some areas are just too wet, once again highlights how effective the drainage we have installed is and how we need to improve other areas. We have also cut greens and fertilised them with a 2-0-10 fertiliser with slow release iron. This will harden the sward heading into the Christmas period. 

We have finished our bunker repairs on holes 1-9, rich and Sam doing a great job. There aren't too many to do on holes 10-18 bit they will be tackled next week when we have those holes closed. 

We have been continuing with tree pruning. On to holes 10-18 again we will 

Concentrate on those holes again next week. 

Moles are always a problem, one job that is never ending. We regularly set traps which reduces numbers. Catching around 60 per year. This has reduced a lot since I took over 7 years ago. The first couple of years we caught around 150 per year, so we are getting on top of them however they will always come on to the course from perimeter land to find food. 

Colder winds of late have brought down the rest of the leaves so we have had a final clear up and taken the cage off. A lot of debris has also been collected, mainly sticks and branches from copses. 

We have also made a start cleaning out ditches and drains to ensure they run freely.