Today we raked all the bunkers, changed holes, cut semi-rough, emptied bins and when it was dry enough we top-dressed and brushed in by hand green 8 to fill up the core holes and then vibrate roll all greens course back open for 2pm

Another late finish

Watering in the top-dressing, we managed to complete the aeration program today which was scarify greens twice, verti-cut, cut, over seed, top-dress, vibrate roll and water in we used 1.5 tonnes of 80/20 top-dressing per hole for the greens and aprons and 10 tonnes of Lv20 sand for top-dressing the tees

Vibrate rolling after the rubbing in to help work in the top-dressing even more into the sward

Rubbing in top-dressing on the 10th green

The greens were done in 2 directions with these scarifying units

We have a few areas on holes 8, 15 & 17 that have rabbit droppings which leaves lush patches so we topped them with the flymo

Hollow coring the 8th green

5/8" tines used, this is a trail on green 8 only to see how long the recovery is at this time of year, all the other greens are getting double scarified at a depth of 4mm, verti-cut then over seeded then top-dressed

The amount of clippings taken out from the scarifying and verti-cutting from 2 greens

over seeding the 18th green

As we are top-dressing greens it made sense to top-dress all tees and aprons for these operations we have been allowed to close the course so not to be disturbed by golf which makes a big difference so hopefully tomorrow we will have completed all the aeration work weather pending we are behind schedule after this mornings rain

Today we cut greens then ironed the greens which we have on demo, cut aprons, sprayed tees with wetting agent, emptied bins, raked bunkers for the weekend, made up pin sheets for competition on Sunday which we will be out cutting greens, changing holes, setting tee markers and raking bunkers for and we finished off cutting fairways 1 to 6 that we never managed to cut on Wednesday

Today we were out cutting banks and entrance to 1st tee etc with rotary, we never cut greens today as it was very windy, painted more tee pots, collected the balls off the driving range cut the driving range, set up the junior course, trimmed greens sprinkler heads and seeded and top-dressed the practice putting green again

We replaced the sprinkler head on the yellow tee at hole 11 looks like the verti-drainer made this damage

These tee pots get used as one side of the tee markers which you put your broken tees in, we bought them from Ikea very cheap as we have to replace them a lot as they get damaged by balls

Verti-cutting greens at 2mm depth to tickle out the dead moss

The amount of clippings off 12 greens from the verti-cutting and cutting

18th green after a verti-cut and cut

We have sprayed all areas that get strimmed with a growth regulator to reduce strimming, other jobs today were to rake green side bunkers, move tee markers, divot tees and start cutting out dead gorse that was damaged when we got the storms last month

Weekend work

Today we have a medal on, so it was cut greens with boxes on now with the fertiliser washed in, change holes, set tee markers and rake bunkers, the greens are starting to dry out a little with this wind so the irrigation is on greens and tees tonight at 50%

Today we cut and rolled greens, cut surrounds that were not finished yesterday, collect balls off the range, move tee markers, empty bins, top-up ball washers, finish off spraying selective weed killer round bunker banks and faces, spray weeds on tee paths and open up G.U.R bunkers and 9th yellow tee

2nd green side bunker with new face on right hand side

17th green side new re vetted face

17th green side with new re vetted corner

All the fairways and semi-rough has been cut this week

All the bunker banks and faces have been cut and the sand reshaped

Watering new turf on the 9th tee which will be put back into play this weekend with all the rebuilt bunkers that were done in the winter, other jobs were to cut greens and tees with boxes off as they were fertilised, cut surrounds with boxes off as they were top-dressed last week, cut 4" rough and start strimming work along the walls and fences etc

Monday we cut and rolled greens then applied a 4.0.10+10fe at half rate to help kill off the moss that's on the greens other jobs were to rake green side bunkers, move tee markers, cut any semi-rough that is needing topped. Today we finished off the semi-rough, changed holes, moved tee markers, fertilised tees then we closed the driving range to collect the balls, cut and set up the 6 hole junior course which is on the driving range every Tuesday night and also cut the areas to the entrance of the clubhouse and 1st tee

Today we were out brushing greens, cutting greens then spraying wetting agent on greens first application of the season we will apply this at 4 week intervals till October other jobs were to move tee markers, empty bins, divot tees, rake bunkers, collect balls off the driving range, top-up ball dispenser, spray fairways 2,3,4,8,11 & 12 with soluble iron and we spot sprayed any clover with a knapsack on holes 1 to 8

Nick spraying wetting agent on the greens nursery

Today we cut greens, across cut so not to drive on the top-dressed surrounds, changed holes and moved tee markers, 3 members of staff were over on Balcomie course helping with the clean up first thing, jobs after break were to cut fairways, finish off top-dressing surrounds, rub in top-dressing and hand cut the 9th yellow tee then top-dress it

At last good weather, jobs today were to roll greens, rake green side bunkers, move tee markers, finish off fertilising walk ways with (25.5.13) slow release, put top-dresser on so we could finish off over seeding tees then top-dress behind after that we made a start to top-dressing surrounds and par 3 fairways after they were cut and we put out a new set of flags for the season I'm hoping they will last at least half the season but may not with the winds we get here

10th Apron
Today we came into a white frost so first job was to put pins on winter greens only till 9am and the other staff helped on Balcomie course till 9am to help with the clean up then we put pins back, cut and rolled greens, cut aprons, move tee markers, raked bunkers we still have 5 flooded, cut fairways 1 &18

cutting the 11th green

The clean up begins

Today we raked all the bunkers and fixed water damage that we could, moved the tee markers, changed the holes and put the par 3 tee markers back on summer tees then opened the course also picked up litter, then all staff over on the Balcomie course to help start the clean up which was the tractor with front loader moving most of the sand and seaweed then the rest of the staff cleaning up with snow shovels behind then we used the pedestrian blower for the final clean up

We have had to put up signs at our paths over Danes dyke at holes 15 & 16 to stop all golf buggies using them for health & safety reasons

7th green side bunker on Craighead course you can see the tide mark left from the flooding yesterday

All the bunkers had the same damage and we still have 18 bunkers flooded, but most of the flooding on the other parts of the course is away now