Winter maintenance has started over both our courses

We are still cutting down our deep roughs over both courses, then we will cut these areas again and lift the grass to help starve these areas to help create slightly thinner roughs 
 

Spraying greens over both courses & PG's with liquid iron & Seaweed to help the plant 

Our 2nd green tee on the Craighead course has been extended, re-levelled and ready to be turfed 

The Craighead course greens have been sand injected again to help firm the surfaces up and help dilute thatch 

Cross profile of the hole taken from our putting green, you can see all the sand injected channels going down nearly 150mm, this will also help drainage and air movement 

Sand injected profile 

We have started work on the left hand side of the 12th fairway on the Craighead course, during the winter, we will dig out the old roots and stones and shape area to be cut at 3.5" which will help show off the dyke and make this area more playable 

Our first bunker rebuild was at hole 12 on the Craighead course 

The face has been built in the same manner as a revetted face but we have used recycled astro-turf , this will reduce the amount of time the bunker faces needs to be rebuilt 

We have also started to rebuild the large greenside bunker at hole 17 on the Craighead course 

This will take a few weeks due to the size/course closures and this face is being built with astro-turf for the same reason 

This bunker should be completed by the of start of December weather permitting 

We have had contractors onsite to regrade and tar the greenkeeping shed yard and access road to the shed 

Drains have been added along the building to stop flooding into the shed in heavy rain

All the surfaces had to be graded to shed the water and and firm the base ready for the tar to be laid 

The ramps across the road were also laid with tar 

Having the new road surface will help reduce damage to our machinery and staff cars, also reduce the time in fixing water damage on the ramps and road after any rain 

All the surrounding areas will be re-graded in-house then shaped to fit in with the course then re-turfed 

the area between the road and the dykes will be gravelled to aid in drainage and tidy these areas up 

Also round the ramps too will be gravelled, hopefully all this work will be completed in a couple of weeks