cutting and rolling greens in front of play 

We have applied another 0.5tons of top-dressing sand to the Craighead greens to help dilute thatch and to improve the surfaces 

Giving the Craighead greens their Autumn/winter feed to help strengthen the sward up going into the colder months 

This week saw us start our aeration work to the Balcomie course greens, which consisted of double scarifying at 6mm depth, cleaning up, verti-cutting, cleaning up, double spiking/seeding, applying 2 tons of top-dressing sand to each green then brushed in 

Scarifying helps rip out thatch from the profile 

the scarifying blades have tungsten tipped blades 

the amount of thatched ripped out of each green, this will help firm the surfaces up and reduce our thatch levels 

all go scarifying and verti-cutting 

Then we spiked and seeded the surfaces 2 ways to improve the grass sward 

loads of holes for to make a seedbed 

then 2 tons of sand was applied to each green to cover the seed, fill the holes and scarifying lines plus this will help to dilute the thatch levels

gently brushed in to the profile  

the surfaces were slowly rolled to help smooth and work the sand in 

then a good water in, next week the plan is to apply more sand to help the recovery of the surfaces going into the winter months 

already the gorse that was cut back at hole 16 on the Balcomie course has started to regenerate