Golf


John Deere Aercore 1500 alongside the Buffalo blower


“Fairways are deep tine aerated once a year with 20mm x 200mm tines on the Wiedenmann, approaches are done at the same time and then all the walk off areas. Tees and approaches are cored with a John Deere Aercore 1500 once in the spring and scarified with an Allett 600. Of course, best laid plans are usually affected by the good old British weather, therefore, sometimes things go to plan and other years we may have to be more flexible.”


As a result of the all wet weather we’ve had, Lee has aerated much more and also thinks thatch removal will be high on the agenda this year. “Flexibility is so important! It’s not about doing something for the sake of it, but about finding the right opportunity when the ground conditions are right, when you get the most benefit.”


Topdressing What’s in the shed


2x John Deere 2500e greens mowers 2x John Deere 2500B greens mowers 2x John Deere 7700 fairway mowers 2x John Deere 7200 tractors 2x John Deere 8800 terraincut rotary mowers


1x John Deere 3520 compact tractor 1x John Deere Aercore 1500 1x John Deere HD200 sprayer 2x John Deere ProGator 1x Gator CX


2x John Deere pedestrian rotary mowers 1x Kubota RTV


1x Kubota L5030 tractor 1x Dakota topdresser 1x Tru-Turf Iron


1x Sweep and Fill Brush 1x Buffalo Blower 1x Allet 600 Scarifier


1x Toro Groundsmaster 4500d 4x Toro 1000 pedestrian mowers 1x Wiedenmann XF


1x Turf Works verti-cutting cassettes 1x Turf Works scarifying cassettes 1x Turf Works sarrell roller cassettes 1x Hunter ATI Grinders 1x Mitsubishi L200 Truck Various Stihl hand tools


38 I PC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014


“We topdress with a Dakota mounted onto our ProGator. We aim for 150 tonnes a year and use straight sand. 40 tonnes goes down at renovation time and then the majority of the rest we put down in the winter. We use a preventative fungicide programme and plant protection packages throughout the winter for when we topdress. We tend to dress whenever it rains during the winter, as it is washed into the sward quickly and causes less damage to the mowers. Very little topdressing is done throughout the summer as play doesn’t allow, however, dressing during winter months has proved very beneficial to us, and means the need for temporary greens is greatly reduced.


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We are in a very beautiful location and it is important that we make corridors for the fauna to move about in order to let some areas of the course grow wild


“Last year, we finished a three year overseeding programme of fairways and semi-rough around the greens using a three-way dwarf rye mixture. I use this mixture for its wear tolorence, but I do accept that it needs more water and nutrition. For us, the rye grass gives excellent definition between cuts, and also presents sharper cutting patterns.” Lee concluded.


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