Golf
The weather heavily affects the site here as parts of the course are in dense woodland and other areas are wide open
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and is 25. He carries out most of our maintenance duties. Sean McGeough is a craft worker by trade and has been responsible for many of the renovation projects work on site. He has been here two years and is 42 years old.” “Then we have 36-year-old John Casserly who is our main spray technician. He has a great knowledge of turfgrass having studied at Myerscough College and worked at Harbour Town.” On the course, the fairways and first cut of rough are all sand based with a full
specification drainage system. The course was constructed by SOL golf, with Oliver Sutton and Ollie Sweeney carrying out the specifications to Sir Nick Faldo requirements. Sean said: “All of the greens and tees are
constructed to USGA specification, built with HS Masters sand from Irwin’s Aggregates, who are local to this area. We lightly topdress every one to two weeks, along with regular aeration.” “The weather heavily affects the site here
as parts of the course are in dense woodland and other areas are wide open with no
shelter at all, so we have major shade issues with a severe lack of light and air flow on five greens. We have to treat these five holes slightly different to the remainder of the course.” “We have twelve bays of covered driving
range, an open grass tee, a chipping green area, practice bunker area and a large mini- Himalayan style putting area.” Sean runs a very efficient maintenance
programme at the Lough Erne golf resort and everyone chips in to achieve their goals. His programme includes cutting the greens at
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