Posts by Leigh Powell

Saturday – Course Status Green Course having a setup starting with Greens have dew removed and blowing all these leaves 🍃 New hole positions Tees are getting divoted and a blow And a pick of the range to finish off the morning work

Friday – Status Green. Greens Dew Removal, & Casts knocked about Hole’s tapped out & trimmed, Approaches switched & nipped, Daily setup tasks, Traffic Control ongoing, Turfing of Forward Tee’s started, with 1st & 18th on the hit list today, Cut & Collect still going on…. making great progress though 💪

Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 for Maintenance. Greens trimmed. Greens getting their first Granular Slow Release Feed…. bit of Disease around so this will help with recovery during this dewy, mild & foggy high pressure period. Daily Setup tasks, Driveway tidy, Tee Banks trimmed, 1st Cut topped, Soil shaping now the material…

Wednesday – Status Green, Carry if able. Greens Rolled, Fresh Pin Position’s, Tee’s getting some love…. with a Slit from Old Betsy Blue 🚜, Switch of casts and flick the grass up + a Mow from ride on & Pedestrian, 2nd Cut of Semi Trimmed, Long Rough Cut & Collect continues, Remaining Fairway’s mown later…

Tuesday – Status Amber, 10th Tee Start. Greens Trimmed, First Application of our Autumn/Winter Turf Hardener programme now the weather & Temperatures have fully changed. Some Acid, Mg, Ca, Zn, Mn & Wetter. Two Mowers Mob handed cutting Approaches so they have enough time to fully switch pesky Casts off Collars & Approaches then mow…

Monday – Status Red. Greens getting a roll, Daily setup with a heavy Divot over the Tee’s & traps scratched, Leaves doing their thing out here… starting to drop swiftly, so mob handed leaf clearance with Back Packs & PTO driven, No prizes for what half has been done… Leaf Season is officially here! Long…

Sunday- Course Status Red, Please carry if possible. Course setup taking place this morning with holes changed, Tee set and a divot from yesterday’s play, Blowing and more blowing of playing surfaces, Ball collection also happing later.

Saturday – Status Red, Carry if able to help protect your Course. 4am Start to try and beat the wet stuff! Big push yesterday to get the Course trimmed. Certainly won’t look like this today 🤣 Daily Setup task’s ticked off, Some Granular Fert Applied before some rain, The things we do, to just make…

Friday – Status Red. Fresh Pin Position’s, Greens trimmed, with heights raised 0.75mm, No need for VL as growth slowed right up, good sign to get some Granular out on them to keep them happy with lots of Member play 😀 Yesterday’s late Morning Dew Suppressant showing good results! 1st Application of the Autumn/Winter Season.…

Thursday – Status Red. Smidge of wet stuff yesterday eve has pushed us to 99% of October’s average rainfall already 😔 Better forecast though 🤞😀 Greens Dew Removal & holes trimmed, Approaches getting double labour on them…. 2 Mowers out as these areas need a hefty switch of casts prior to a mow. Soil Movement…