Storm Damage

Unfortunately, yesterday’s high winds caused considerable damage to a number of trees on both golf courses, with gusts of nearly 70 mph being recorded locally.
The Greenstaff have spent the day clearing fallen debris and making safe a number of trees on both courses, a fantastic team effort, well done.  

I have included some photos taken earlier today: 

Damaged poplar -18th tee

Some of the damage caused by the fallen poplar

Debris from damaged sycamores on the 18th  fairway

We also lost a number of young trees from between the 3rd & 8th fairways, some snapped in the high winds and some were uprooted. In the photo below, this young tree was uprooted because the trees root system was completely rootbound and it has not been able to set down anchor roots, probably because of the close proximity of rock to the surface.

Rootbound tree

Finally, let's hope for better weather tomorrow.