Storm damage

Sunday the 29th October saw very high tides and  driving winds off the Sea, which has caused coastal damage/mess on holes 2,4,5,14 & 15 of the Balcomie course 

Seaweed washed up along hole 4 

The big clean up begins, hole 5 was the worst affected with actual salt water and sand etc washed over the fairway 

In the last 4 weeks we have had over 150mm of rain, which is making it hard to carry out planned work, but hoping this will help dilute any salt from our grass areas from the storm 

With the amount of rain, we have been out fixing tee paths and bunkers that have been getting washed out 

Seems funny that we are watering our 5th fairway with all the rain we have been having, but we are trying to dilute the salt content from the storm damage and hopefully this keeps the grass alive 

On days that were ok, we got back to our planned work of solid tining the Craighead course greens to 150mm with a 12mm tine to help drainage and air movement 

bunker work has started on the 1st bunker at green 11 on the Craighead course 

the 9th fairway bunker on the Balcomie course has been rebuilt 

Our driving range project has started, the plan is to move the existing outside mat areas and add a level area in front to play off turf for any tournaments we hold going forward