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It gives me the time to make sure we have the
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necessary machinery, and that it is fit-for-purpose, that our health and safety is up-to-date, that our materials and budgeting are sorted, and to liaise with the management
great shape. It’s much easier to handle. [Pointing] There was a big bunker there, a big bunker there, and we split them all into three pairs. They kind of look as if they’ve been here forever. We’re really pleased.” I noted that they all look as if they are constantly waiting for stray shots: “Because we put drainage in - we had the liner, then gravel and rocks underneath that - we could afford to let water head into the bunkers, so we could make them lower and more inviting.”
“The drainage is good across this course as a whole too. This is limestone. If we’ve got an Achilles heel, it is that there isn’t much topsoil. So, it can drain a little too well in conditions like this.”
“This time last week, this was lush and green, being mown twice per week. We’ve now completely ceased that, even when the Qualifier was on. There isn’t much burning, though. We’re just noting small patches and we may head back and compost them or something.”
You can do something like this tournament very well, but when you’ve used up ten of those staff members to prepare eighteen holes, you’re left with two
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Left to right: Charlie Beetge, Richard Martin, Ed Parsloe, Paul Worster, Tom Workman, Josh Jones, Matt Leeson-Magry, Matt Workman, Elliot Poole, Will Harris and Adam Matthews
34 PC August/September 2018
“This, it’s important to say, is a proper members’ club. It’s not a championship golf course. The members are all local people and there’s not much bringing people in from afar regularly, and the members are very proud of it. It’s really a community facility; that’s its purpose.” Paul arrived in 1992, when the club only ran its first course: “The design had already been done for the new course when I arrived, but I worked with the contractors to set it up.” “A member, who was a chartered surveyor at the time, was extremely involved and helped us to tie things together. That was a big factor in the smooth start.”
“The architect, Martin, recently returned to examine the scope for further
improvements; that sums up the spirit of this club - always moving forwards”. Paul has two deputy managers, Adam Matthews and Dave Rosselli, who ensure efficient running of general daily maintenance, which frees him up to
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