This week the weather looks a lot more settled. The weekend brought heavy rain, a total of 18 mm, this closed the course on Saturday. However with the thanks to the hard work of the green staff the course was back open on Sunday. Although a little damp in places.
Now we have a little sunshine the course should start to dry out a little. This is set to last for a least a few days but colder conditions are to return by the end of the week. We are carrying on renovating bunker edges on the welham course. With only 4 left to do. The team have made a fantastic job so far.
We have made a list of bunkers that need sand. All the bunkers have had the sand redistributed to ensure it isn't low near the faces.
We have started to cut surrounds, approaches, tees and semi rough. Most of them are OK to do however there are still a number of wet areas we need to avoid. Other areas of the course will be cut over the next day or so.
The greens are now being rolled as and when we can. We are due to put on a liquid feed/ seaweed to help boost health and recovery of winter wear.
This oh is is an organic product which mostly is taken up by the roots of the grass.
The greens on 21 and 24 are still out of play due to continuous flooding from the river. Because they have not been in play for so long crows have took to them. Pecking at the surface looking for leather jackets. Unfortunately there are no available chemicals to treat these pest any longer.
