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on the 16th green would allow before eventually calling time and heading off home for a well-deserved weekend break.
The turfing crew were here all weekend, giving them time to catch up! They managed to complete the 8th green, bringing the total to three greens now fully turfed, and they prepped the 3rd ready to turf the following morning.
It was expected that some turf will need to be taken from the small practice chipping green and surround at some time during the project. Taking this turf first would mean we may not have to lift any turf from green 2a.
Day 13 - saw the return of some good weather. This would give us a much better chance to get the project completed on time. We had already lost two half days on construction and one half day on turfing due to the rain. Day 13 was a good drying day. The turfing crew were here all day and managed to get the 3rd green turfed and some of the final prep on the 5th.
Wire netting was placed in front of the greens that were seen to be in danger of stray golf balls landing on them. The last thing we needed was golfers walking all over the newly turfed greens retrieving balls.
Day 14 - saw the good weather continue - it was a cold start at 6.00am with all the stars visible as far as the eye could see. I even had to put the heater on in the Land Rover! Autumn had arrived!
The turfing crew got off to a good start and, by the end of the day, the green was
complete. Five greens are now fully turfed and awaiting irrigation installment on some and drainage outlets on others.
The 4th and 9th greens had their first light roll and came up very well.
Spraying of greens 12 and 15 with dew dispersant also took place, ready for lifting the turf.
Day 15 - saw the return of all crews, and major work started again. The completion of the gravel carpet on the 16th led to the import of rootzone. This took all day and good progress was made, with only approximately a third of the green left to complete before final levels and turfing.
The second excavation crew achieved final sub-base levels and installed the drainage in an extremely rocky base. The turfing crew worked hard, lifting the 12th green along with three quarters of the 15th. The 15th is to have some alterations to the left-hand side of the green and the surround due to the excessive problem with water holding here, so more turf will need to be removed.
The third excavation crew got to work on the 12th sub-base. On excavation, it became apparent why the back half of the highest green on the course was so wet. The sub-base consisted of pure clay - almost totally impermeable!
Day 16 - saw the start of what was first thought to be a good day for progress. The weather was supposed to be fine, but cloudy. The first couple of hours set off really well, until the first load of rootzone
Day 5 - Rootzone layer completed on the 4th green
Day 4 - Chelford medium coarse rootzone on the 4th green
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