GOLF
It’s one thing measuring your speeds, but if you take them at eight o’clock in the
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morning, you’re likely to get a very different reading than if you take one at three
o’clock in the afternoon. The system requires consistency
Qualifying tournaments between 2018-2022 does help with preparing for our plans to expand. It’s all about raising the profile.” “On Monday, we were on local television, to cover both the club’s facilities and the hopes of one of our greenkeepers, who was taking part in the qualifier.” Paul’s sons are both also involved in
greenkeeping, one of whom works for an exclusive Surrey club. As we got to the course, Paul’s last duty before lunch was his daily stimpmeter reading: “We always take them on the same greens at the same time of day.” “It’s one thing measuring your speeds, but if you take them at eight o’clock in the morning, you’re likely to get a very different reading than if you take one at three o’clock in the afternoon. The system requires consistency.” I asked him whether he played. “I’m a struggling seven-handicapper,” he modestly replied, and so I questioned whether this could really be considered ‘struggling’. “I’ve been as low as two in the past, so it’s actually a bit frustrating nowadays, to be
One thing I’ve found
particularly useful this year is the wetting agent. We’ve just got into that
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programme, which is on a monthly schedule. We’re making adjustments, as agreed at the outset
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honest. I can’t get out there often enough anymore.”
ALS is the sole supplier to
Minchinhampton. This covers everything from aeration and spraying, to materials and resourced: “It’s working very well. Ray Hunt has been absolutely outstanding, especially with the relationship strengthened via Dan Hughes.”
“One thing I’ve found particularly useful this year is the wetting agent. We’ve just got into that programme, which is on a monthly schedule. We’re making adjustments, as agreed at the outset.” Paul took the multidirectional stimpmeter readings on a few sections of the 18th green. It was a few days after the Open Qualifying tournament and came out at a tidy 10 feet. That was on a green still right down at 2.5mm as a hangover from the competition, and with a couple of weeks of drought, but it hangs around that speed even when taken up to the usual 3mm.
Bent grass overseeds the greens in late summer, but there has already been frequent light aeration, sanding, brushing
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