Posts by Leigh Powell

Saturday – Status Green. Greens getting a trimm with no VL, to take some stress off the Perimeters. Approaches nipped, Fairway Weed Spray to the remaining holes…. on a weekend i hear you say… the Weeds dont care what day of the week it is 🤣 Traps raked, but no daily Divot due to Sprayer…

Friday – Status Green… with a smidge of white stuff 🥶 Greens rolled, Fairway’s Messy Mown, Some Weed Spraying to Fairway’s over the next few Morning’s. Mixing up out on the Course to save on travel time. Tee’s trimmed, Tee Banks topped, 1st Cut of Semi & Carries getting a trimm before the Weekend.

Thursday – Status Green, Practice Ground Closed 12-2 PM for Maintenance. Greens getting another trimm to keep sneaking them back down to desired heights. Approaches trimmed, Fairway’s roped to knock off the Dew and attempt to bash the clippings about after yesterday’s Mow, A Spray of tiny Amounts of Fe, Ammonium, Magnesium, Urea, PGR &…

Wednesday – Status Green. Greens getting a Juicy Dewy Mow, ploughing Grass off at the Moment! Fairway’s Getting a Messy Morning Mow for the 2nd time in 3 days…. Growth at a crazy high. Tee’s topped, 1st Cut of Semi & Carries cut, Fresh Pin Position’s, Daily Setup Tasks ticked off, Loads more later on…

Tuesday – Status Green. Green’s rolled, Approaches getting another nip but against the grain as growth is crazy and leggy! Fairway Pop Ups getting a haircut, Daily setup task’s completed obvs…. Cylinder Mowers having a grind to get Mowers back up to scratch and get in top of this flush of Growth 💥

Monday – Status Green & Fluffy…. Mowday Monday! Been delaying the sharpening of the Cutting equipment due to Sand & Casts hanging around…. big push on Mowers this morning to have a sharpen up tomorrow as growth is Booming 💪 Greens trimmed, for the last time at a raised height due to Sand and new…

Sunday – Course Status Green…. with some surface water around, eeeekkk! Water removal off low spots, Greens Rolled, Fresh Pin Position’s, Traps Raked, Daily setup tasks, Ball Collection on the Practice Ground after Course is set.

Saturday – Course Status Green. Greens cut, Holes trimmed, Approaches nipped, Traps raked, Yesterday’s play divotted out. Practice Ground Ball Collection later

Friday – Course Status Green but a bit moist 🙄 Water removal from Greens, Fresh Coloured Pin Position’s, Fairway’s getting a Messy Mow, 1st Cut of Semi & Carries getting their second top of the week, Tee’s trimmed, Daily Setup tasks too! Tradition for us as a Department…. Birthday Snacks brought in, i think this…

Thursday – Status Green. Greens getting a roll to press and smooth sand in…… yesterday’s “Weather Warning” didn’t materialise but today may be damp. Scary….. they can put a Man on the Moon, but can’t get the Weather correct 😅 Fortnightly Wetter/Mollasses/Seaweed mix on the Greens, Approaches cut, Tee Banks topped, Tree “Suckers” trimmed up,…