All go over both courses keeping up with the basic cutting as still short staffed due to staff being on a furlough rota

The Craighead greens & the newly seeded greens on the Balcomie course being sprayed with a liquid fertiliser and trace elements 

We are continuing with over seeding of the Balcomie course greens with Fescue seed as this is the perfect time with the temperatures still high plus the rain that is forecast and the time for the seed to germinate and establish well before the winter months

This seeder spikes the green to make small holes/pots for the seed to drop and then brushed into 

We then have heavily top-dressed with sand to fill the holes above the seed creating an ideal seed bed plus help dilute thatch and smooth the surface after the spiking 

Then the sand is slowly brushed in and surfaces watered 

Another type of seeding we have been carrying out this week is using a disc seeder to put the seed into the surface 

Then we cut & rolled to help smooth the surfaces back up for play and next week these greens will be sprayed with a liquid fertiliser, wetting agent and seaweed to help the seed germinate and surfaces recover

We have used this type of seeding on our tees also to help improve the grasses and surfaces. A big thank you to Kingsbarns Golf Links for allowing us a shot of their disc seeder to carry this work out 

With a day of heavy rain we took the chance to catch up with some painting of the driving range yardage posts which were due to be painted at the start of the season 

We carried out repair work and repainting of the 9th tee steps on the Balcomie course