Winter 2016-17

Winter update 2016-17

We have many little projects on the go at the moment, all as we work outside are weather dependent.

The Range

The range area is an important part of the golf club and has been in need of a face lift for some years now.We have had safety issues with people hitting off the temporary mats while people are on the grass tee. This was mainly down to not enough matting area for a number of people to practice at the same time. We have started to install 8 mated areas well behind the grass tee, this give us more area to hit into with out losing balls over the back net and give us 300% more teeing area for you to hit from.

• First we made 8 frames out of some 6 x 2 joists, 
• We then set them out behind the grass tee alongside the old raised tee. 
• Then the soil was dug out from the old tee to level the new area in order to install the mat frames, 
• The excess spoil was taken to the middle of the range to shape an area for you all to aim at, this is higher at the back down to nothing at the front, its 100 yards from the new tees.
• We filled the frames with a type 1 hardcore then topped them with sand before the mats got laid.
• The surrounding area has been top soiled and turfed.

We will be keeping a close eye on the turf to see when we can open the to you all, the turf needs to have knitted in the the ground before we use it.

 The 16th Ladies Tee

The forward ladies tee has now had some shaping done and is close to top soiling. the center of the tee will be dug out drainage installed and some 50/50 sand soil rootzone will be tracked in to make the top of the teeing area.

Roping off areas on the 3rd 4th and 5th tees

We have installed some lines of 100 mm round post and rope close to the tees that normally get warn. this is to manage traffic going on and off the tees. the posts are in plastic sockets therefore can be taken out in the summer and replaced with a cover. this will free up the much needed removable posts for other areas on the course.

Deep Rough

The deep rough has been cut and collected this was carried out late October, We took 60 bales off all the areas we cut. once cut we sprayed the first two strips with a herbicide to take out the thicker rye grasses, we did have a frost not long after spraying so we will have to see if the product got into the plant to do its job.

The 12th  Bunkers & Rock Face

We started on the 12th rock face back in the summer, A bit of a hard job we all felt like mountain goats but the fruits of our labor were soon visible for all to see. We still have work to do on the rock face, i.e. weeding, and a spray of herbicide closer to next spring. 

The two green side bunkers will be reshaped drained and re-vetted. The small front bunker will be filled in and turfed. this work will depend on the gods above regarding rain snow and what ever else they want to through at us...

14th drainage

As you all know the walk off area from the 14th tee or LHS of the 13th green gets very wet. this becomes unsightly and very slippery. We have had this on our plan for the last few years but weather conditions have made defer the work until dryer conditions were here.