Golf
through busy playing seasons
When I took over at Cosby, the greens, tees and approaches all had one thing in some of the greens showing signs of thatch had taken place over the previous few years. I was tasked with improving the playing would have to be lowered to sustainable would be the priority. It was important that we improved the
porosity of the soil and increased the tonnage although, due to the high levels, it would also need to be mechanically removed was also reduced, which we would achieve through reducing the N input, which is now the moisture levels in the greens which would stop the grass plants becoming I set a target of aiming to apply at least
topdressing, which would be applied in bulk in the spring and the autumn with lighter
“ 24 I PC JUNE/JULY 2017 View from the 16th green
There is plenty of member pressure to play on the greens in the frost because “so-and- so club” down the road does it
dressings through the summer for playability. I knew this would be a big change for the membership and I had to keep them on side. I decided to set my stall out early and, followed by sand. I was approached by a improve the greens, not make holes and build sandcastles.’ I politely explained to can happily say that member is now fully on board with the works that go on. set at a depth to pull at 60mm in order to remove the unwanted OM. I didn’t want to core too deep as I wanted to keep the sand in the upper levels where the problem was occurring. The procedure was successful newer equipment available on the market.
coring in the autumn, which was extremely saw the same treatment and now the greens unsurprisingly, greens performance was rapidly improving. I was very conscious, with the amount of
sand we were applying, that it would start
also saving money from the budget, we the decision not use any seed as I felt that it was unlikely that the seedling would survive through the autumn maintenance, and this
but I was concerned the OM was being pushed into the deeper levels of the green. With this in mind, I purchased some micro just under 20 tonnes of sand and we followed April. We have just received our soil results for this year and they are all in the target with the results as it shows that the hard work to reduce the 20-40mm range over the next season to the desired target ranges. This overseeding with .
Graden work into the budget last year and, unfortunately, I won’t be able to undertake similar work this autumn, therefore it will be hollow cored instead. I have and will to ensure that we have the money each year to reach our topdressing targets, as this would help to reduce the cost of fungicides. I made a very conscious decision when I
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