Friday 25 March 2022

Mini heatwave

We have been out applying our Spring fertiliser to our tees and walkways over both courses, this fertiliser is a slow release and will last up to 3/4 months 
Both irrigation systems primed up and checked for the season 
The Balcomie course surrounds getting a cut to tidy them up 
It's great having the support from the club members to help divot fairways for the start of the season 
The staff setting up the machinery and cutting heights etc for the start of the season 
We have applied another 0.5 tons of top-dressing sand to the Balcomie course greens to help smooth and firm the surfaces up 
The 18th green on the Balcomie course has had extra aeration work done of double scarified to -8mm depth to rip out thatch, cleaned up, over seeded then heavy top-dressed 

loads of holes for the new seed, the seed was then switched in before heavy top-dressed 
Greens 5 & 18 on the Balcomie course have had an application of fertiliser to aid recovery from the winter, the rest of the greens will get an application of liquid fertiliser and iron in the next week or to
Work is continuing to edge/weed and top-up tee paths over both courses 
Fairways getting a brush to help disperse the heavy dew/worm casts and lift the grass up before cutting 
All our newly built bunkers being hand watered with an application of wetting agent added in to help establishment especially in this dry weather 
All our newly built bunkers over both courses being topped up with new fresh sand and shaped ready for the start of the season 
 

Monday 7 March 2022

another application of top-dressing sand on the Balcomie course greens to help firm the surfaces and dilute the thatch levels 
all greens and PG's getting a slow roll to help the surfaces 
we have now put in the fairway yardage discs for the start of the season on the Balcomie course 
painting of all steps, Railway sleeper work and bins is ongoing for the start of the season 
Screening sand for the Balcomie course bunkers 
another in-house recycling tee bin built for the 7th tees on the Craighead course 
we have been out replacing worn or faulty greens sprinklers on the Craighead course 
we have re-positioned our sign at the 2nd tees and used an old Railway sleeper as the sign post to fit in with all the work carried out this winter along our tee path etc 
cutting back gorse is ongoing to the left of hole 16 on the Balcomie course as this area is over grown 
our last main project of the winter was to bank up along the 18th wall on the Balcomie course to help support the wall