Greens being turf ironed after cutting to help keep good surface pace 

Greens receiving an application of fert/wetting agent etc to help them before the planned aeration works 

Calm before the storm 

darker mornings are with us now 

The Craighead course greens have had an application of granular fertiliser 

Work is continuing on cutting then cutting a second time and collecting our deep roughs over both courses to help thin these areas out 

Blowing Seagull feathers off our greens before cutting and applying water to help dilute their droppings 

Spiking/seeding and top-dressing weak areas on our fairways from the Summer drought 

The Craighead course tees have been deep scarified to help rip out thatch from the profile 

The tees were then blown to clean up the surfaces and surfaces cut ready for play

We have been demoing a robotic mower to cut our 13th, 14th & 15th holes on the Craighead course which included the fairways and semi-roughs 

Mower cutting away then it would head back to it's docking station to recharge then back out 

We have just completed our planned essential aeration work to the Balcomie course greens, which consisted of mini-hollow coring, clearing up cores, verti-cutting, sand injecting, clearing up, spiking/seeding, then top-dressing, drag matting sand into surface then watering surfaces to wash in the sand & seed. this work is essential to remove thatch and improve the grass sward 

the verti-cutting helps cut out lateral growth & cleans the surface up after the mini-coring

Verti-cut units that rip into the surface

Debris taken out of each green 

Then the greens were sand injected to dilute the thatch level 

Sand injection into the profile up to 150mm depth 

Greens then spiked and seeded to help improve the grass sward 

Spiker creating holes for the seed 

Greens were then top-dressed to help cover the seed and fill in all the holes. a total of 2.5 tons applied to each green between the sand injecting and top-dressing 

Greens watered to help wash the sand & seed into the surfaces then a very slow turf iron to help smooth off the surfaces before paly 

We have started our planned winter work projects, with starting with rebuilding the 12th greenside bunker on the Balcomie course 

Road repairs have been completed to a section of the Coastguard road that crosses holes 16 & 17 of the Balcomie course