GOLF What’s in the shed
Toro Triplex greens machine x 2 Toro 5410 Fairway mower x 2 Toro 3550 trim mower Toro 4500 rotary mower Toro 1650 sprayer Toro Workman x 2 Club Car Carryall x 2 Kubota L050 tractor
in frosty conditions. Damage doesn’t occur only to the putting surfaces; frost can cause damage to all types of playing surfaces.
Do you have a driving range/ practice facility?
We have practice facilities. Chipping green and driving range with artificial and natural turf tees.
Maintenance regimes?
Putting greens are maintained no lower than 4.5mm at any time, which increases to 6.5mm in the
winter.These are cut daily during the main growing season. They receive in the region of 35 to 40kg of Nitrogen, depending on the make up of each green. Sand topdressing is regular throughout the year and we generally apply in the region of 7mm depth of fresh material per annum. Organic matter is kept around 4.5% and soil tests are carried out annually. Greens are generally overseeded with approximately 400kg of a mixture of 50% chewings fescue and 50% slender creeping fescue. Wetting agent Revolution is applied monthly throughout the growing season. Overall, very little chemical is applied to the entire site. Aeration is generally every six weeks throughout the summer. We Hydroject with two deep aeration operations which are carried out during winter. Aprons and surrounds maintenance is exactly the same as greens. Frequency of cut is two times per week in the main growing season with a height of cut at 8mm. Tees maintenance is similar to greens, except we use a single application of Aqua Aid PBS 150 wetting agent per annum, divot and move markers daily. We tend to apply more granular fertiliser on tees to save time on application. These are hand-mown twice per week in the main season to 8mm. Fairways are mown once a week in the
We’re very lucky in that we suffer from very few
5th green 52 PC February/March 2019
outbreaks, though there has been a little red thread on a few greens this winter
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