Thursday, 3 November 2022

Winter maintenance week

 

The Craighead course fairways have all been slit tined to relieve compaction 
Face nearly built 
9th Greenside bunker being rebuilt on the Craighead course 
Face rebuilt and just the surrounds to be turfed 
We have started to rebuild the 2nd greenside bunker on the Craighead course 

We have started to verti-drain our tees and walkways etc on the Craighead course to relieve compaction from the Summers play and improve drainage going into the winter months 
We have built another recycling Railway sleeper bin for the 10th tees on the Craighead course 
We have reused the cores taken out of the greens to level off areas round the courses at manholes etc 
the amount of material taken out of just half the 14th green 
cores being cleared up 
We have carried out more mini-coring to the Craighead course greens to take out more thatch to improve the firmness of the surfaces 
The Craighead course greens being sprayed with a liquid iron to help harden the plant going into the winter months
The Balcomie course greens recovering well after their aeration work