Great achievement for the Greenstaff

 This week saw our Balcomie course receive the award for best golf course between £50-£100 green fee at the Scottish golf tourism awards, well done guys

 We have been busy building bunkers again this week, the 10th greenside on the Craighead course has been rebuilt

 The Craighead course fairways have been double slit tined again this week to relieve as much surface compaction as possible

 The 7th greenside bunker on the Craighead course has been rebuilt this week

 This week as we do once a year is to get our local drainage contractor in to carry out work to our 2nd fairway on the Craighead course

 We have installed a main 4" pipe round the fairway to be used to take the water off the surface of the fairway

 the pipe has been installed to a depth of 700mm, with 10-20mm gravel then 2-6mm grit then rootzone on top and the pipe line re-turfed

 We have started to install gravel banding across the fairway which will all lead into the new main drain to take the water away from the fairway

this fairway drainage will be completed next year to fit in with our planned budgets, then we will move on to another area on the course, all going well we will have our planned drainage project completed in the next 5/6 years on the Craighead course