The out fall which is for the drains on our 5th green which we tapped into just outside the man hole for our new drains

After turfing we broomed the area to clean up any debris then rolled area, other jobs today were to rake all bunkers, move tee markers, put hole 5 back into play and G.U.R the drainage area, divot par 3 tees, empty tee bins. The course is still very wet with the rain this week so we never cut or rolled greens

At last we are managing to lay turf on the drainage lines, the turf has been hard with the frost, the course is only open on winter greens on the back 9 as we still have lots of flooding

Ground solid after another night of low temperatures, so we closed the full course until 10.30am and opened the back 9 only on winter greens once the ice had thawed, jobs today were to carry on with the drainage project at hole 5 and cutting gorse on hole 17, hopefully tomorrow we can start levelling the drainage lines and then turf if turf and soil has thawed out by then.

8th winter green, no where for the water to go as ground solid

Tony back filling the drainage trench with gravel to 4" from the surface to allow us to put soil down before re-turfing

This week we have been working away at our drainage project on hole 5 and cutting gorse back on holes 16 & 17. On Wednesday the frost lifted so we managed to cut and roll greens to clean the surface up and also firm the surface and changed the holes.

At last we have managed to get back to work on our drainage project at hole 5 today, other jobs first thing were to put pins on winter greens as we have a slight frost, move tee markers and close the course toilets as we have 2 burst pipes.

We had between 4 to 5 inches of snow on Sunday which has not yet thawed, so jobs have been clearing snow off the road and car park each morning and gritting, most staff have been taking the last of their holidays before the end of the year, we had our Christmas lunch yesterday which we all enjoyed, next week its a skeleton staff out for checking the courses etc or clearing snow and gritting which it looks more chance off being. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

At last course open on main greens

Today we put course back on main greens as they were thawed out, so we gave them a cut to clean up the surface as there were rabbit droppings and debris on them, first cut in 3 weeks

At last we have been able to make a start on our drainage project at hole 5 which should of been started 2 weeks ago, not sure how far we will get looking at the forecast for the end of the week