Golf - Brits Abroad
General maintenance Greens Maintenance
- Daily mowing year round, with weekly grooming, brushing and/or verti-cutting dependent on needs
- Winter overseeding with Poa Triv from October to late April/early May using a Gandy dropseeder
- Hollow coring 18mm tines three times a year, followed by heavy topdressing - course closed for three days during this period - Toro ProCore and Belt dresser
- Solid tining - 6-8mm tines twice monthly in summer, once a month in winter using the Toro ProCore
- Light topdressing every 10-14 days in summer and monthly on winter overseed - Toro Workman and ProPass spinning disc dresser.
- Foliar fertiliser applications every ten days. Various mixes using the Toro Multi Pro
- Herbicide, pesticide and fungicide applications as needed - Toro Multi Pro
- A green speed of above 10.5 maintained all year round - rolling as needed, but average twice weekly using a Smithco Roller
Tees Maintenance
- Mowing 4-5 times per week, with grooming, brushing and verti-cutting weekly dependent on needs
- Winter overseeding with ryegrass from October to late April/early spring using a Gandy drop seeder
- Hollow coring 18mm tines three times a year, followed by heavy topdressing - course closed for three days during this period - Toro ProCore and belt dresser
- Solid tining 8mm tines; twice monthly in summer, once monthly in winter - Toro ProCore
- Light topdressing monthly - Toro Workman and ProPass disc spreader
- Foliar fertiliser applications every 10-14 days - various mixes using the Toro Multi Pro
- Herbicide, pesticide and fungicide applications as needed using the Toro Multi Pro
Fairway, Rough and Surrounds Maintenance
- Mowing 3-5 times per week dependent on season
- Hollow coring 18-25mm tines two times per season - Toro ProCore and Verse Vac for clean up
- Verti-cutting and brushing weekly in growing season
- Foliar fertiliser applications every 14-21 days, dependent on needs, using the Toro Multi Pro
- Granular fertiliser 3-4 times per season - Lely Spreader
- Solid tining 10mm tines monthly - Toro ProCore
- Spiking and slitting monthly - Toro Multi Spike 1200
The Pyramids of Giza 30 I PC APRIL/MAY 2015 The Sea Dwarf Paspulum goes dormant in winter “
Egypt has gone through its difficulties during my time here and this has caused challenges to maintain the golf course; power outages, fuel shortages and curfews have all been commonplace
out overseeding on greens and tees to give all year round, actively growing playing surfaces. Egypt has gone through its difficulties during my time here and this has caused challenges to maintain the golf course; power outages, fuel shortages and curfews have all been commonplace. Despite this, it is a great country to live in, with lovely people and fantastic weather, and it has been great for my personal learning and development, which will only make me stronger for my next adventure, whenever and wherever that will be. That is the great thing about working for Troon Golf; it opens up
opportunities for travel and movement within their portfolio of courses around the world. The soil profile here is native sand with some select areas of clay. The greens and tees were constructed out of the native sand. The Sea Dwarf Paspalum is sensitive and needs regular, but light maintenance. The weather here is fairly stable, so it
makes planning works slightly easier. For example, on average, it rains twice a year! The Paspalum turf areas do go dormant in winter (December through to the end of March) and temperatures can reach as low as 5O
C at night. Due to this winter dormancy, and the weather
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