Jan GreenKeepers News

MID YORKSHIRE GOLF CLUB

Jan 2014

November & December Review

Greens:

We managed to continue with our aeration programme on greens.  We slit and solid tined greens to ensure the free passage of water and oxygen to the root zone, as well as relieving any surface compaction that may arise.  This will enable the roots to go deeper, the deeper the root system, the more able the grass can withstand wear, drought and other stress related problems.  We continued to cut greens as and when the weather permited.  Sometimes the issue we encounter with cutting is accessing the areas on the course with our machines.  Our machines do not have tyre treads¸ this makes accessing certain areas difficult.  Also, if we were to fit tyres with tread, it would damage the putting surface. We continued our fertiliser programme, with an application of a couple of liquid feeds.  We have also sprayed a couple of times with a fungicide.   

Tees:

We continued with cutting as and when we were able.  The main tees were taken off and put on winter tees.  Tees were also aerated twice during this period.

Surrounds:

We continued our traffic management of surrounds.  We aerated surrounds in this period.

Fairways:

We continued to verti-drain fairways.  Due to the wet weather, this is now on hold.

Other:

We continued chasing leaves in this period then the heavy winds came to our rescue and cleared the remaining leaves for us.  Unfortunately, it brought a few trees down on the course.  These then had to be cleared. As the weather has been so wet this has made the bunkers a nightmare to maintain, with them being either washed out or flooded.  Over the period we have had unwanted visitors to the course.  Thieves broke into the green keepers shed and stole strimmers, blowers and chain saws.  We have already had a spate of poachers on the course, who show no regard for the surfaces they are driving on.

Jan 2014

Greens:

We will carry on our aeration programme this month.  We will look to apply some iron to the putting surface to attack the ingression of moss. We will continue to cut this month when weather permits, but only with hand mowers.

Tees:

We will carry on with aeration of the tees and spray with iron where possible.

Surrounds:

We will carry on with traffic management and aeration programme.

Fairways:

Weather permitting, we will continue verti-draining.

Other:

We will carry on maintaining bunkers, through this month.  Some bunkers with be topped up.  The 15^th fairway bunker will be filled in, weather permitting.  Some path ends will be re-turfed.  Wet areas will be ‘sanded’, this will dry out these areas and stop them deteriorating any further.­­­

Chris Webb Course Manager