Very dry weather the last few weeks, courses playing very Linksy 

Greens being rolled then sprayed with liquid fert/Seaweed 

The planned Craighead course aeration work to the Greens has went well

This consisted of micro-hollow coring, clearing up cores, verti-cutting  

Then the greens were sand injected down to 150mm 

1.5 tons of sand applied with the sand injector 

Then a light top-dressing adding another 0.5 tons of sand to cover the seed and fill in the core holes, so in total this year so far we have applied over 5tons onto each green 

Green 18 - we carried out more work as felt this was a softer green and our last profile report proved this, so the extra work consisted of a deep hollow coring to a depth of 100mm with a 13mm tine, then cleared up then 6.5 tons of sand applied 

All greens brushed in then watered to wash in the sand and seed 

We have been carrying out repair work to the Craighead course irrigation system 

with the very dry weather we have been out hand watering high spots on the greens and newly turfed areas, we have only had 23mm of rain since late February, a complete change from last year  

When possible we have had our rain train out watering our drier fairways on the Balcomie course 

The Balcomie greens have been spiked to allow better water and air movement, once the greens were cut & rolled you can hardly tell this spiking was done 

We have taken samples from our Craighead course greens to be sent away to get tested to see where we are with nutrients & organic matter levels 

The Craighead greens are recovering really well from the aeration work, this work is essential to keep good healthy greens