Catching up on cutting when conditions allow 

5 of us have been getting refresher 3 day training on safe use of pesticides and boom spraying 

14th tee path on the Craighead course has been extended closer to the yellow/white tee as this area is a bottle neck and suffers with wear and tear 

18th bunker on the Balcomie course being rebuilt 

Newly built bunkers on the Balcomie course being topped up with fresh sand, this allows the fresh sand to settle before going into play at the start of the new season 

Craighead course greens being solid tined down to a depth of 175mm to help with drainage and air movement through the profile 

First week in January saw very hard frost then rain on top, with the ground being solid the rain had nowhere to go, very unusual for us to have frost nearly 150mm in the ground 

Adverse weather jobs were rubbing down and painting tee markers and benches etc 

Work has progressed well on our erosion project at rear of 15th tees & 17th green on the Balcomie course, the green staff have been adding soil and turfing above the new gabion baskets that were installed, this will give a much nature finish once grown in 

turf going down

Contractors have done a great job carrying out this repair work

The contractors have now completed the erosion repair works and now the green staff will come in behind them to clean up the track that was used to bring in the 2000tons of rock, this work should be completed for the new season (weather pending) 

We have been back filling the new chestnut paling fencing to help secure it into the dune system along hole 2 of the Balcomie course 

We have now started our next project of getting the area on the driving range ready for Contractors to come onsite to start the new Performance hub, we have dug away the old putting green and lifted the turf which was reused on the erosion project and turfing the 18th carry at the gorse on the Balcomie course 

Contractors came onsite 5th January and work is going very well despite the weather  

foundations being dug out for the new building