We have taken advantage of the couple of days of good weather to top-dress the Balcomie greens, then lightly brush the sand in. 

With being back in lock-down we have reduced the staffing levels for safety  

Greens 3, 6 & 18 have been deep solid tined on the Balcomie course to help drainage/air movement after the top-dressing plus to help merge the sand into the thatch layer to help dilute the thatch 

All the greens were rolled after to help smooth off the surfaces and the greens that were solid tined were double rolled 

Work is ongoing at the new pump-house/tank surrounding area 

We have added a bank to help the tank fit in better with the surrounding areas and we utilised all the old turf from this area for the banking 

Adverse weather jobs have been to fully drain and clean out our recycling wash pad 

And building another Railway sleeper recycling bin for the Balcomie course 
 

Happy new year

I hope all have had a nice Xmas & new year. we have been running the Greenstaff department with reduced staffing now since last March due to Covid and now we have reduced staff numbers even more with the new lock-down to keep our staff safe. with the weather on our side on Monday we managed to top-dress the Craighead course greens & PG's with 0.5tons per green of sand then lightly brush in, this is to help reduce thatch levels and smooth off our surfaces 

We have now managed to dig out, re-shape and refill the newly built bunkers from last winter over both our courses 

these bunkers are now back in play. a massive thank you to the team of volunteers that have been helping out on the courses with bunker raking and emptying bins