The green side bunker at hole 6 finished and topped up with fresh sand

 We had to extend the irrigation pipe on the 10th medal tee with raising the surface height

 We have marked out all the areas for the new road etc for the new toilets, this work will be ongoing for the next few weeks

 We are still having to cut greens more than usual at this time of year as the weather is mild

 Trench work is now completed for the new electric cable for the new toilets on the Balcomie course

 The start of landscaping the surrounding area of the new toilets

 The Balcomie course is on it's mid week winter closure, so we are out slit tining fairways again to relieve compaction

 We have rebuilt both ends and edged the 6th Green side bunker on the Balcomie course and added 5" of sand

 Work has started on raising, levelling and extending the 10th medal tee on the Balcomie course

 The green staff finishing off work to the 16th tee path today as we were delayed because of the adverse weather on Friday

 This week we are carrying out aeration work to the Craighead course tees to help surface drainage

The high winds with the high tides through the night on Thursday brought seaweed up on to the course at holes 4 & 5 on the Balcomie course, which will all be raked and cleaned up back down onto the beach

 We have moved the tee bin and ball washer at tee 12 on the Craighead course to help protect it from the high winds and give more room for golfers plus tried to give it a link's feel with using old Railway sleepers

 The 16th tee path on the Craighead course is getting edged and cut out to make it wider for golf buggies etc

 We caught up with any irrigation issues we had on the Balcomie course

 Bunker at 6th green on the Craighead course finished

 We have replaced our airlines and nozzles on our shoe cleaner with heavy duty parts to be more hard wearing in our climate

 We have been lucky today and escaped the heavy snow, with only a very light dusting through the night

Welcome to 2017

 It's all go with the good weather. The Craighead course is on it's mid week closure to allow us to carry out solid tining to the greens to a depth of 3.5"

 8mm solid tine used

 All greens and surrounds were cut then a medium top-dressing of sand applied to help dilute thatch and firm the surfaces up, Steven is being trained on the use of our top-dresser

 The top-dressing sand is left for at least an hour to fully dry before rubbing in

 All our areas of deep rough that has been cut and collected over both courses has been raked again to help thin the grass sward right to the base of the plant

 With the Craighead course closed, we are rebuilding the first green side bunker at 6

Work at the new toilets on the Balcomie course is still ongoing with another trench being dug to supply the building with electric, hopefully the cable will be laid at the end of this week