Posts by Leigh Powell
20/7/24
Saturday – Course status green. Greens getting a cut, tee set and divot, bunkers getting a rake and range pick after course jobs are done.
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Friday – Shotgun Start for Men’s Invitation Day. Greens getting just a roll today, looking a lil warm and dry today so pace will pick up as the day goes on 🥵 Fresh Coloured Pin Position’s, Lick of paint around the hole’s too! Approaches nipped, Tee’s trimmed, Fairway’s messy mown again this morning, but frustratingly…
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Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens trimmed up & down with no VL, A last roll of the halfs after a mow. This helps knock out the slight indentations from the mower wheels. A spray of some Mollasses Sugars, Seaweed & Residual Wetter behind. Tee’s done after Greens too! A…
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Wednesday – Course Status definitely Green! Greens getting a roll as growth on these areas is calmed down with PGR applied recently. Plus this helps with the recently cored halfs getting consolidated too! Overdue by a few weeks as the pins & flags looked “Alright” still… only when next to last seasons ones they look…
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Tuesday – Shotgun Start @ 10.30 this morning for a Members Golf Day. 9mm overnight has meant its a lil moist out here… i heard a rumour its Summer! Clubhouse beds enjoying the good stuff from the sky. Jimbo doing a cracking job with these 🤩 Greens rolled, Fresh pin position’s, Approaches cut, Fairway Team…
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Monday – 10th Tee Start. Greens “Block”cut against Saturdays grain to get them as nipped as possible with a crazy heavy dew, Red halfs getting some OM removal, a shovel, blow, roll & another blow. Expect some work around play, some noise and mess….. you can’t make an omelette without cracking some eggs 😛 Daily…
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Sunday – Zero need to keep typing a Colour status…. Lovely morning out on the Course 😎 Greens rolled, Fresh pin position’s into the Green halfs, in preparation of Red halfs Cultural work tomorrow 💪 Approaches trimmed, Some serious growth on all areas at the moment, some heat and lots of moisture around. Saves on…
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Saturday – Course Status Green. Greens trimmed block style, Clockwise, to knock the stripes out with no VL, We don’t often roll behind a mow as we generally get speed within daily target range with just one operation. However, a roll behind today to keep consolidating the recently cored halfs ready to swap pins over…
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Friday – Course Status Green. Green’s rolled, Fresh Pin position’s, Followed by a planned Spray of some N, P, K, Fe, Mg, Zn, Mn, PGR & Wetter. Approaches trimmed, Tee’s getting a mow too! Bits and bobs getting done too and throughout the day.
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Thursday – Course Status Green Greens are having a double action staring with a cut, then a roll soon behind Approaches having a trim Fairways mowers hard at work getting in a double cut today 1st cut rough having a cut Tee banks are having a trim Daily tasks are being done as always 😁…
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