Some great definition on our courses, hole 12 on the Balcomie course

 hole 5 & 6 on the Balcomie course

 5th green on the Balcomie course

 2nd hole coastline on the Balcomie course

 All greens/PG's on both courses have been spiked to a depth 25mm to help open up the surfaces to allow air and water in

 After the spiking we brushed, cut and groomed the greens

 Then 5 tons of sand per/ha, which worked out perfect before all the rain this week

 With the 19mm of rain this week, it's kick started a lot of growth to all areas

 3 trailer loads of clippings from the Balcomie course fairways and 5 loads from the Craighead course fairways

 We have installed an all weather clock on the Craighead course starters hut

 We are seeing the benefits of cutting and collecting the roughs over both the courses, the area of rough on the right has been done last winter

 We have had a couple of irrigation bursts on the Balcomie course

 We have trimmed back the gorse rear of the 17th yellow tee on the Balcomie course to allow better vision from the back medal tees

 On Tuesday afternoon I attended the Greenkeeping tour/walk at the new Dumbarnie Links 

 Some cracking golf holes

Great establishment in such a short time from the construction

 The courses are in good shape for the Club Championship

 Still at full cutting of all areas over both courses

 We are now starting to get good recovery on fairways 2 & 12 on the Balcomie course from last years drought, we have carried out seeding and divoting then an application of fertiliser and wetting agent to help these areas

 12th fairway

 We have trialed the crushed glass from the Clubhouse as a top-dressing on our Balcomie course 14th tee

 It rubs in well, we are planning to continue this process to see how this preforms over time

 We have applied our monthly wetting agent program to the Craighead course greens

We have replaced all our pin bottoms on the greens due to wear