Turf ironing greens after cutting when possible to produce smoother and faster surfaces 

fertilising tees on the Balcomie course to help with wear and tear 

The last few mornings we have been having haar come in from the sea 

Green 14 on the Balcomie course has been double spiked and seeded then heavy top-dressed and rubbed in to help improve the surface 

Heavy application of top-dressing sand 

Slowly brushing in the top-dressing sand 

Then the seed and sand washed in 

The Craighead course greens received their Summer fertiliser this week 

Tees over both courses have been sprayed with a wetting agent and Seaweed to help in these very dry conditions as this allows irrigation water to penetrate better into the profile and reduce surface tension

getting the greens ready in front of play 

We have edged/weeded/topped up our 16th tee path on the Craighead course 

Both courses really drying out quick in these warm drying windy conditions 

March Orchids in our roughs at hole 7 on the Craighead course 

With these very dry conditions, we have found ourselves struggling for water to irrigate our surfaces from our existing boreholes. So we had a company come in and evaluate our existing boreholes and drill pilot test holes on areas that there Geologist recommended to try and find more water for a new borehole   

Pilot hole 1 at our tank area on the driving range came back with good results, so we are in the process of making this a new borehole in the next few weeks to give us the water that we need 

Each pilot hole was drilled to over 100m depth 

pilot hole 3 which was drilled next to our 12th tees on the Craighead course to a depth of over 110m recorded really good levels of water, this will hopefully be looked at in the future to be made into a borehole to future proof us for a good water supply in any long dry spells. Pilot hole 2 was drilled at the bottom of our driving range and was dry to over 100m depth

pilot hole 1 has now been fully drilled out to the correct size and casings put in, hopefully next week the new pump, pipe work and cabling will be installed down the borehole ready for us to look at connecting into our existing pump house and tank