Posts by Leigh Powell

Wednesday – Course Status Amber with some white stuff 🥶 Practice ground Closed between 12 & 2 this afternoon for Maintenance. Frosty Setup/Check on the Course this morning. The Glamorous task of all hands on deck debris picking the Driveway & Lawns while dark. 7th Bunker getting “Bagged” to create the shape. Machinery Servicing 🛠…

Tuesday – Course Status Red, please carry if able. 2 Degrees today with no frost at the mo… with Daily Course Setup tasks. 7th Bunker getting its shelf and sand bags installed while its dry, slightly behind on this Bunker with the recent rainfall… we will catch up though 😃 The Diggers are some of…

Monday – Course Status Red, please carry if able with a 10th Tee Start. No frost today, so far…. 🤐 so a well overdue micro core to the 🟥 halfs, with pins moved to the 🟩 halfs. Labour draining task this morning, but a super important one to keep improving, firming and truing up the…

Sunday – Course Status Red, 10th Tee Start, please carry if able. On the cusp of frost this morning, which may well end up becoming a frost once the sun pops out. 🥶 Daily setup tasks this morning of Blowing debris, water/dew removal in areas, Tee Setup & Bunkers raked. Daily dredging and rodding of…

Saturday – Course Status “All Carry” with a 10th Tee Start. Some surface water still remains out here but clearing up well considering. 75mm…. 3 inches of rain since Christmas Day, gulp! 3rd RHS Fairway Yesterday below, 3rd today below, 😃 4th yesterday, 4th Today, Forecast however looks more positive for us to crack back…

Friday – Course Inspection completed… sadly the Course & practice ground will be closed today. Inspection at 7am Saturday. The Team are still busy though reat assured…. operation clean up in progress with water movement, pathway ploughing & last of the storm damage cleared up! 27mm of rainfall yesterday takes us to just shy of…

Thursday – Course Status Red, 10th Tee Start, please carry if able. Greens getting a trimm, With a planned close behind application of plant protection. Conditions are far from ideal…. but looks like our last chance with more heavy stuff coming this afternoon and before a cold snap too! Approaches & Tee’s getting a mow.…

Wednesday – Course Status remains “All Carry” with a 10th Tee Start. A naff ending to 2023 has crept into the start of 2024…. 😒 2023 was the wettest year for nearly 10 yrs, but im sure we all agree that the Course certainly didn’t show that. We ended 2023 with 950mm of rainfall, on…

Tuesday – Course Status Blue “Carry Only” 10th Tee start. After 10mm of rain Greens are getting water pushed off and a set up. Course getting a set up with tee plates getting trim Also Fairways and green irrigation pop up getting a maintenance trim. While the ground is wet and more rain coming in…

Monday – Course Status – Red Happy new year to all 🥳🥳🥳🥳 what a good year it has been and here to another fantastic year to come 🕺💪 Greens getting a new year roll and blow Bunkers a lovely rake and blow Tees getting a set up and blow