The guys are doing a great job on the railway sleeper wall round our 15th tees on the Balcomie course

 With a break in the weather we have been out slit tining our greens & tees to a depth of 6"on the Balcomie course to help relieve compaction

 Then a light top-dressing of sand and rubbed in to help smooth off the surfaces before the rain which is forecast tonight into tomorrow

 The leveling of the 16th tee on the Balcomie course is completed and now just need to lay the new turf, this tee will be back in play in mid April

 The 15th newly built dyke area has been leveled off on both sides as we want to cut these areas to show off the dyke and we will use this area as a maintenance track for the staff

We have been catching up on course painting of railings, 14th railway sleeper bunker and tee steps etc before the season starts

 The big thaw at last

We have been working away at the 15th tee path on the Balcomie course, digging in and cementing in our strainer posts for bolting the railway sleeper wall to round the tee side of the path

 These will now be left to allow to set before carrying on with this project

 After the frost came out the ground we got all our green hand cut to help tidy up the surfaces and a roll, holes changed and bunkers raked

Our next winter project is to re-level the 16th tee on the Balcomie course, all the old turf was reused on other winter projects so not to waste any materials

All the work at the 13th path on the Balcomie course has now been completed

 Adverse weather jobs have been to continue to paint tee posts and markers, having completed all the painting/repairs to all the tee benches

 One of our members was out with his drone taking some pictures on Monday afternoon of the Balcomie course

 With the weather turning cold, we have had to change our plans, so we have made a start to edging, weeding and topping up our tee paths

 work continues at the 13th path on the Balcomie course

 We have drained down both our irrigation systems and pumps

 We have started work on the 15th tee path on the Balcomie course, which entails widening the path and building a railway sleeper wall along the tees

 Our new steps are now built into the front of the 11th medal tee on the Balcomie course

 Adverse weather jobs have been to cut/trim back gorse & broom at holes 1 , 4 & 16 on the Craighead course as we can get to these areas without causing damage to playing areas

 We have been doing our bit for the Environment this week by building a bug hotel, which will hopefully be beneficial to our local insects, bugs and lichen etc, this has been placed between holes 11 & 12 on the Craighead course where we just installed the underground electric cables, this area will be seeded out in the spring and left to go wild for nature as out of play

 Another adverse weather job was to fully clean our shed and was a good chance to run all our machinery in these cold conditions

The tee benches on both courses have been repaired and painted ready for this season