Golf
maintenance of the golf course. We work closely with an external
agronomist, who is a great aid to have on course visits.
How would you describe the soil
The course is formerly farmland and is typical Leicestershire clay which can make it very winter months. We have endeavoured to make the course more playable through the winter, without causing damage to the winter tees. This currently consists of areas cut into the rough away from the main tees, but the plan over the next two years is to provide winter tee mats for each hole. We are considering having mobile tees as these can be moved accordingly to vary the golf holes.
How were the greens and tees constructed and do they require any special
The greens pose a big challenge as eleven of them are old clay push-ups, six built with performed very similarly, although the sand based greens would show the signs of clay base greens, which is expected with the higher leaching capacity of these greens. This strategies. The sand based greens were hit with an outbreak of Michrodchium patch just been the usual suspects for outbreaks.
sulphate which checked the disease. I have found, when applying water to the greens, that the sand based green will require around twice as much compared to the clay based greens to help maintain them within our moisture targets.
system, which covers the tees, approaches and of course the greens. The system allows me to set exact amounts of water from each which results in being able to add more water where required and vary amounts from green to green. The system is extremely easy to amounts using a moisture probe, I can about under or over watering.
In general, the playing areas have good them, which pull water away from the grass, to hand water these as best as possible. One and shade and I’m currently researching an playing area. I am also looking into a seed mix which will help to improve these playing areas, with a plan to strip and re-seed with this mix.
I was approached by a member who complained ‘we want you to improve the greens, not make holes and build sandcastles
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always used temporary greens due to the damage which was caused through root sheer and crushing of the cells. There is plenty of member pressure to play on the greens in the does it. We have worked hard at Cosby to get the greens playing well and, in my opinion, playing on frost has no advantages, therefore playing them can only have disadvantages.
The club boasts a ten bay driving range along
with straight sand
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