Golf
The club is surrounded by
residential areas and it seems, as more new houses are built beyond the golf course, the more times the course floods
former brickworks,” James confirms. “The greens are clay based but, in recent years, some have been lifted and relaid to a more USGA specification construction, mainly to improve drainage.” Even in Northern Ireland, where high
rainfall is often the case, there is a need for irrigation at certain periods of the year. “We have an ageing irrigation system which requires a lot of maintenance every year to keep it in good working order. We’ve replaced the sprinkler heads around the
greens, as the older impacted heads gave us a lot of trouble. The newer, modern ones certainly cut down on our labour from looking after the old ones!” As with the majority of golf clubs in Northern Ireland, the Donaghadee venue has its own set of challenges to contend with each year, flooding being one of them. “Flooding does occur here, more so in the
winter time, and there is also a main stream that runs through the middle of the course. The club is surrounded by residential areas
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and it seems, as more new houses are built beyond the golf course, the more times the course floods. To try and rectify the flooding as much as possible, the main drains are checked regular and kept free from blockages.” “Dry weather also presents problems as
the links half of the course always burns up quickly in a dry spell and a good north wind also contributes to this problem. The site is very open, with very few trees surrounding the greens. As a result, there is super airflow
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