New visitors tee on the 8th
• Solid tining of all greens to a depth of four inches
• Drilling in of bent seed • Star slitting and brushing of all greens
• Bent and fescue seed broadcast on the surface of the greens and worked into the holes
• Topdressing applied to all greens
• All greens vibro-rolled to restore surface levels
• All greens brushed to work in dressing
Alistair Beggs from the STRI conducts an annual inspection of the course. He walks the course with Brian and his staff and members of the committee. This gives everyone the opportunity to
New trees are being planted
communicate issues and concerns. The 2008 report was very favourable, highlighting a number of achievements:
• An increases in bents populations in greens across the site, with particular success and progress at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
• The general cover of grass across the greens is good, with little or no active disease
• The programme of work initiated each August over the past few years has been highly productive in terms of improving profile conditions beneath greens and introducing new seed. The timing is not a coincidence. August is a time when soils are receptive to treatment and warm enough to
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• converts plant nutrients for easy absorption by roots.
• promotes rapid, healthy root development and sward density • encourages resistance to drought • is effective in the fight against root zone diseases • dramatically reduces the use of chemicals and fertilisers
• breaks down black layer, thatch and other common turf conditions • strengthens turfs ability to withstand day to day stresses
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• Much good tree management work has been achieved, particularly around the 2nd, 3rd and 10th greens
• Root trenches have been introduced at the 9th and 11th greens with good results
Brian has seen improvements to the greens surrounds at the 9th and 11th after the trenches were installed. Surface roots were affecting the grass growth. To prevent the roots from causing more damage, a root trench was installed around the back of each green. A 300mm deep trench was excavated, then a lining of plastic was put down and backfilled with stone. A rootzone was placed on the top 50mm and oversown. The plastic
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