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Sweeney, Irrigation Technician Tomek Jewula, two qualified greenkeepers and Gardener Kevin Williams. There are twenty-five hectares of fairways and approaches, 2.8 hectares of greens and 3.2 hectares of tees. “Knowing this makes it much easier to calibrate spray and fertiliser rates,” says Des. The greens are cored each spring and autumn, using 12mm tines, with sixty tonnes of sand applied each time. Another one hundred tonnes of sand is applied to each of the nine holes every three or four weeks during the growing season. If my maths is correct, this means that 220 tonnes of sand is spread annually on every nine holes! 1500 tonnes of sand is applied to the
The Dun Laoghaire team for the Curtis Cup l-r: Noel Skelly, Gavin Dunne (1st Assistant), Paul O’Sullivan, Des McGann (Course Superintendent), Robert Bolger (2nd Assistant), Alan Doyle, Mathew Higgins, Michael McCabe, Kevin Williams (gardener), Jeffrey Doyle, Brendan Sweeney (mechanic), Ronan Davidson (gardener), Stephen Evans, Oisin Barry, Owen Connor, Leszek Wiktorowics, Milosz Tomaszewski, Matt Jewula and Tomek Jewula (irrigation technician)
Kinsealy to train for Level 5 greenkeeping. When an assistant position became
available back at his local club in Dun Laoghaire, he applied for the job and was successful. He was assistant to Barry McElroy for fifteen years and, when Barry left to pursue his own career in 2009, Des took over the role of Course Superintendent.
Normally, Des has a total of eight full-time
staff, plus a gardener, with an additional seven seasonal workers hired during the summer. However, this year, six months prior to the Curtis Cup, he got an extra three staff and gardener. Included in his full time staff are First Assistant Gavin Dunne, Second Assistant Robert Bolger, Mechanic Brendan
fairways each year. The predominantly creeping bentgrass greens have been overseeded once last year using Penncross seed (the greens were originally sown with a creeping bent). Granular fertiliser is applied in spring (11:6:9) and autumn (15:2:24), with liquid feeds given in between. The annual fertiliser input for the greens is 150kg nitrogen, 53kg phosphorous, and 200kg potassium. Julian Mooney of Turfgrass is the agronomist at Dun Laoghaire and gives advice to Des. Fairways are given a feed of 22:5:6 in the summer and 15:2:24 in winter (which includes the rough area). Des applies a growth regulator and liquid
iron mix to the fairways and approaches, every four to five weeks in the growing season. The fungicide programme starts in
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