R: Geoff Mortimer, Jamie Smith, Jimmy Richardson, Malcolm Latham and Andrew Gunn
L-R Malcolm Latham
8:0:0. At the end of September a final feed of 5:0:29 is applied. The greens are kept free of debris and dew to reduce the incidence of disease attack. Good cultural practices, reduced feeding and increasing microbial activity has reduced attacks over the past few years.
Tees maintenance
In March the tees are aerated using the vertidrain followed by an application of lawn sand to control moss. The tees are scarified and then fed with a slow release 2:0:10. They will then be aerated another five times throughout the season with a range of solid tines. A divot mix of Rufford No. 2 is made up with BSH A20 seed mix to repair any divot damage.
This is applied on a daily basis.
Other
maintenance Fairways are cut
The magnificent Palladian Clubhouse
twice a week - 13mm in the summer and 16mm in the winter. They are slit tine aerated six times through the winter when ground conditions allow. With 44 bunkers on the course
renovation has been ongoing over the past few years. The team completes several each winter planning them in with other traditional winter maintenance such as path reinstatements and forestry work. A machine is hired in to dig out the bunkers, reshaping, draining, re-turfing
and re-sanding them with Devilla silica washed sand. Tillers RTF turf is used to provide a deeper rooting grass plant to help stabilise the bunker
faces and surrounds. The club has installed a Toro 3000 series automated irrigation system that serves all the greens and six tees. During dry spells Malcolm will also water by hand taking on this responsibility himself. Watering localised dry areas is often required to keep the greens in tiptop condition.
IN 2008 Malcolm and his staff are gearing up for another eventful year
TERRAIN Use Airforce AERATION
ADVANCED TERRALIFT TECHNOLOGY
Specialist Contracting Service Relief of
compaction and waterlogging on golf tees and greens
Play immediately
Terrain Aeration Ltd.
Aeration House, 20 Millfields, Haughley Stowmarket. Suffolk IP14 3PU
Tel: 01449 673783 Fax: 01449 614564 email:
terrainaeration@aol.com
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