Golf
There are some fantastic woodland areas on the site that have been somewhat ignored and I am very keen to tidy these up and present them as the features they deserve to be
the Greens Chairman will highlight anything we need to get out to the members. I also write a monthly head greenkeepers report which goes out on the last Wednesday of every month as its own article. This a great way of keeping members informed about what we are doing and, more importantly, why we are doing it. A picture paints a thousand words, as they say; for example, its amazing how many people who play on a weekend have said ‘where's all that sand gone?’ after seeing the photos of the renovation work.” Additional projects are ongoing, as Adam
explains. “Until recently, there were four unused tennis courts that have now been taken up by a new greenkeepers’ facility, which was completed in March. Having only recently moved in, we’ll be developing the yard area this winter. A wash down area needs to be installed as soon as possible and, to that end, I’ve had productive meetings with a number of suppliers. We also have a full size bowling green that is currently being looked at with a view to constructing a new, state of the art short game area.” “A Rain Bird Stratus II irrigation system was
recently installed, and the fairway drainage on the first nine holes is quite new. Unfortunately, there has been an issue with
the sprinkler head solenoids. Rain Bird have passed a full recall, and we are awaiting these to be installed.” “Over this winter, we are closing the first nine holes with the aim of doing a run through of each hole, removing and limbing trees, renovating a number of ditches and improving tees drainage and access. There is a lot of tree work to be done over the entire course. We are also going to reinstate the lake in front of our 27th green.” “There are some fantastic woodland areas on the site that have been somewhat ignored and I am very keen to tidy these up and present them as the features they deserve to be. We have some superb tree specimens that need showcasing. This will be done in accordance with our winter plans.” “All the tree work is done in-house, with
some consultation and guidance from tree specialist Paul Forrest of Preserve Landscapes, whom I worked with at Flaxby.” “We have three large badger sets in one of
our woodland areas. They used to cause us massive problems until we addressed the issue by making the area more habitable for them, and we now have a feeding programme which has stopped them wanting to hunt for food and tearing up the course. One of our members has a hide in
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