We have applied a granular fertiliser to the Balcomie course tees to help aid recovery from the drought

 Then we watered in the fertiliser

 holes 5 & 6 on the Balcomie course

 We have invested in a new moisture meter to allow us to use water more efficiently 

 We had Malcolm our M&H Convener helping rake bunkers as we are still on a reduced staff levels

Certain fairways on the Balcomie course have been sprayed with a selective herbicide to reduce daisies

 This week we managed to cut, clean, shape and rake the Balcomie course bunkers

 We sprayed a liquid fertiliser & iron on the Craighead course greens & surrounds, both our putting greens and short game green

 Lewis our apprentice is coming on great with his cutting of the greens. with the weather turning dry we are starting to only cut greens every second day and turf ironing in-between days to help reduce stress

 We have been out hand watering high spots and dry areas on our greens

We have replaced 2 greens sprinklers on green 10 of the Craighead course due to worn gearing but no shame to them as 24 years old

One of our Greenkeepers Michael is leaving us today to take up another position closer to home at Craigtoun Meadows Caravan park, Michael has worked with us for the last 14 years and we all wish him well in his new career

 The reduced greenkeeping team are doing a great job in keeping up with the essential maintenance over both courses etc

 Both courses have really greened up since the rain which has really helped reduce the stress on the surfaces, but in turn has made the greens surface speed lower due to the extra growth, so if we have manage we will turf iron after cutting to help increase the speed

 All surfaces are now growing harder due to the rainfall and heat in the last couple of weeks

 Our wildflower area on our driving range is starting to bloom

 We have managed to cut and set up our driving range just in time for it opening on Monday 6th July

 Same with our short game area & PG's all ready to be opened on Monday 6th July

 With having a reduced staff it's been very difficult to carry out any work to the bunkers over both the courses, but we have managed to cut and clean all the bunker faces, rake and weed all bunkers apart from the newly built bunkers from the winter and these will stay G.U.R until further notice but all other bunkers will be back in play from Monday 6th July, we are hoping to fully rake the bunkers once a week

We have turned the Craighead course hole cups back to the correct way and have added foam to the bottom of the pins to see how this works compared to the cups being upside down, this should help reduce balls bouncing back out the hole