Over looking the Balcomie course

 Our new hose reel ready for action but won't be needed for a while if this weather continues

Marsh Orchids in the rough left of 7th on the Craighead course
This week has been a struggle to get all areas cut with the wet weather hopefully July brings sunshine

 Pumping out the last of the flooded bunkers from yesterday

 Taking advantage of the dry and breezy weather to get the putting green top-dressed and rubbed in

This morning we set up both courses for play and the Saturday medal, you can see the rear of the 15th green which we applied Rescue to kill off the rougher grasses which is now starting to recover and all the new grass seed is starting to come through

 We received over 25mm of rain last night which caused flooding mostly on the Craighead course which we had to close this morning

 So all staff on the Balcomie course cutting greens, changing holes, moving tee markers, raking bunkers, divoting fairways, collecting balls off range and trimming greens sprinklers

We had the local Fabricator make up this frame/trailer to hold our new hose reel so it can be pulled behind our utility vehicles etc to save the staff time rolling up hoses etc but can't see us needing it for a while with this weather which gives me time to get it painted

 It's great weather for ducks

 This week has just been trying to keep up with the cutting programs with being short staffed and the weather is not helping

 The Craighead greens are still recovering from the hollow coring which was done 3 weeks ago hopefully the surfaces will be back playing good in about another week once we get the cutting height back down and carryout more turf ironing

 Bunker faces cut/cleaned/blowing and raked

The Queens Jubilee trees are settling in well, this wet weather has really helped them

 The Craighead course greens recovering well after the hollow coring, seeding and top-dressings

Balcomie - greens cut daily and turf ironed when possible to help increase surface speed/roll other tasks have been raking bunkers daily and catching up with strimming works etc after the majority of staff helping with the aeration work on the Craighead greens so hopefully the weather stays dry to let us keep catching up
Craighead - We are cutting and vibrate rolling greens each afternoon when surfaces are dry to help regain surfaces back and work the top-dressing in, other jobs have been to cut/clean/rake bunkers, getting a dry cut on fairways at last and tees and surrounds and cutting 3.5" roughs

 We have continued to top-dress the Craighead greens to fill in core holes when possible as weather has been wet this week

 The trial of the product Rescue is starting to work at the rear of the 15th green so we have overseeded 2 ways and top dressed to get Fescue and bent grass seed into the profile to replace the rough grass that's dying away

 overseeded 2 ways with the disc seeder

We have been out trying to keep up with the cutting programs as everything is growing like mad with this warm wet weather and with the courses being busy we are trying to cut the main areas in front of the golfers which is causing us to cut in damp and wet conditions

 Today we have got back to top-dressing greens after the hollow coring and seeding, we are applying 4 tons of sand to each green to fill the holes

We had a demo of a Sandcat which we tried on our 4th surround on the Craighead course to see if it helps with the drainage that we put in last winter
Balcomie course - cut greens, turf ironed, cut tees and divoted and cut/clean and rake bunkers

Craighead course - finish off semi-roughs and start cutting 3.5" roughs then when dry we continued with top-dressing and brushing in on greens, changing holes, rolling and turf ironing greens. the top-dressing will continue next week to fill in core holes