Remedial Work On 17th Green

To help improve the surface drainage and reduce grass plant dieback through the central section of the 17^th green we have been carrying out additional aeration operations.

The area has aerated with 12mm diameter solid tines and instead of backfilling with sand we have used a product call Bio-Sorb. 

Biosorb is a naturally occurring mineral containing thousands of microscopic diatoms (pores), which when added to the soil helps to increase percolation rates by introducing non-compacting pore spaces into the soil profile. 

Plant dieback on 17th green

Aerating centre section of 17th green

Spread and back filling Biosorb

Biosorb brushed in

Course Update

The bunker alterations on hole 12 are progressing extremely well. The sub-base and drainage works on the left-hand side greenside bunker has now been completed. The final shaping and grading work should be finished this week, ahead of re-tufing next week. The sub-base and drainage works have also now been completed on the cross bunker and final grading work should commence shortly.

Shaping left-hand side green-side bunker

Green-side bunker ready for turfing

Cross bunker - Sub-base & drainage completed

The staff have also been busy upgrading some of the paths and walkways on the course. The banking down from the 5^th green to the 6^th and been re-turfed and rubber safety matting installed. The buggy path between the 8^th & 9^th holes has also been refurbished. 

Resurfacing the buggy path between holes 8& 9

Winter Schedule Update

We have recently started the bunker alterations on hole 12. The cross bunker is being slightly realigned and the left-hand green-side bunker moved closer to the putting surface. The right-hand side bunker is also being refurbished and new drainage installed.

Realigning cross bunker

Moving green-side bunker

The next phase of drainage works on hole 12/13 has also commenced. We plan to install approximately 300 meters of drainage pipe-work.

Plan of drainage works

Pipework being installed in front of 12th green

Additional drainage in front of the 13th tee

On hole 7 the worn bunker faces have been stripped back, rotovated and made ready for turfing.

Hole7 - Bunkers ready for turfing

We are also working on the slope from the 5^th green down to the 6^th tee, when the ground works have been completed this area will be turfed and safety black rubber matting installed.

Professional tree surgeons were on site recently and completed the following works:

Dead and decaying branches were removed from the Beech tree on the corner of the 14^th fairway and the from the Sycamore trees alongside the boundary wall on the same hole.

The Leylandii hedge at the 16^th tee was trimmed back and four trees removed from southeast elevation. 

They also felled a number of Sycamore trees from the rock face in the Quarry practice ground.

Removing dead wood from beech tree on hole 14

Greenstaff have removed the low branches from the copse on the right-hand side of the 8^th hole and thinned out the pine tree plantation behind. The pine trees behind the 14^th medal tee have also been thinned out

Hole 8 - Right-hand side of fairway