Table 1


Facility Greens Tees


Approaches Fairways


Semi rough Rough


Permanent rough


Table 2 Date


Analysis HOC Frequency


5 mm -7 mm Daily 13 mm 9 mm


15-19 mm 30 mm 60 mm


Twice a week


2-3 times a week Twice a week Twice a week Once a week Occasional cut


Machinery Toro 1000 Toro 1600 Toro 3250 Toro 5500 Toro 3100


Lloyds Gangs Flail


Type Application Units Weather Rate


NPK


25th Mar 4:0:4+4%Fe MG 50g/m 20:0:18 Cloudy, windy, dry 8O 30th May Seaweed/Iron 1st Jul


Greens are the original push-up construction


implemented a multi-task culture


more flexible approach to daily tasks


enabling a


support and feedback to the staff and has also


Brian gives plenty of


16th Jul 12:0:8 26th Aug Porthcawl 15th Sept Seagreen Fe


Liquid 20l/Ha N/A Cloudy, dry, humid 19O


Seaweed/manure Liquid 25l/Ha N/A Sunny, dry 24O Liquid 50l/Ha 7:O:3 Overcast, dry 18O Liquid 50l/Ha N/A Cloudy, dry, humid 20O Liquid 20l/Ha N/A Cloudy, dry 18O


golf courses and is a member of the Gingerbread Men, a core group of like minded greenkeepers who meet up regularly to share ideas and experiences. Brian and Andy are trained as workplace assessors, allowing them to give plenty of support and feedback to the staff. Brian has also implemented a multi-task culture, enabling a more flexible approach to daily tasks Attracting and maintaining members is an important issue, so it is vital that the club can offer year round golf as one of its attractions. In addition, Brian is improving the quality of the playing surfaces.


Maintenance regime


Greens and tees are hand mown using Toro equipment. Details are given in Table 1 above.


Whitemoss 80/20 sand/green waste


topdressing is applied to the greens, about eight times a year, using 8-10 tonnes per application across all eighteen greens. Tees are dressed twice a year with Whitemoss 60/40 sand/compost dressing. Feeding of the greens has been


reduced in the last two years. In 2007 a


total of 80kg of nitrogen per hectare was applied and, 2008, just 27kg per hectare. Brian began the year by applying a Scotts mini granular 4:0:4+4% Fe. TAll the other feeds are liquids. A seaweed extract supplied by Farmura is applied twice a year along with some sulphate of iron during the winter to maintain colour.


Holes are change weekly, with each


green having a spare hole cut which can be utilised at weekends. Bunkers are raked daily, The greens renovation programme was completed in one week during the latter part of August when weather conditions and soil temperatures were favourable. The following work was carried out:


• Verti-cut greens to remove small mount of thatch and raise lateral growth


• Deep aeration using the vertidrain to a depth of nine inches with a small amount of heave


• Micro-tining of greens 7, 13 and 16. This removed small cores of surface thatch which was then replaced with topdressing and seed


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