Mini heatwave

We have been out applying our Spring fertiliser to our tees and walkways over both courses, this fertiliser is a slow release and will last up to 3/4 months 

Both irrigation systems primed up and checked for the season 

The Balcomie course surrounds getting a cut to tidy them up 

It's great having the support from the club members to help divot fairways for the start of the season 

The staff setting up the machinery and cutting heights etc for the start of the season 

We have applied another 0.5 tons of top-dressing sand to the Balcomie course greens to help smooth and firm the surfaces up 

The 18th green on the Balcomie course has had extra aeration work done of double scarified to -8mm depth to rip out thatch, cleaned up, over seeded then heavy top-dressed 

loads of holes for the new seed, the seed was then switched in before heavy top-dressed 

Greens 5 & 18 on the Balcomie course have had an application of fertiliser to aid recovery from the winter, the rest of the greens will get an application of liquid fertiliser and iron in the next week or to

Work is continuing to edge/weed and top-up tee paths over both courses 

Fairways getting a brush to help disperse the heavy dew/worm casts and lift the grass up before cutting 

All our newly built bunkers being hand watered with an application of wetting agent added in to help establishment especially in this dry weather 

All our newly built bunkers over both courses being topped up with new fresh sand and shaped ready for the start of the season 
 

another application of top-dressing sand on the Balcomie course greens to help firm the surfaces and dilute the thatch levels 

all greens and PG's getting a slow roll to help the surfaces 

we have now put in the fairway yardage discs for the start of the season on the Balcomie course 

painting of all steps, Railway sleeper work and bins is ongoing for the start of the season 

Screening sand for the Balcomie course bunkers 

another in-house recycling tee bin built for the 7th tees on the Craighead course 

we have been out replacing worn or faulty greens sprinklers on the Craighead course 

we have re-positioned our sign at the 2nd tees and used an old Railway sleeper as the sign post to fit in with all the work carried out this winter along our tee path etc 

cutting back gorse is ongoing to the left of hole 16 on the Balcomie course as this area is over grown 

our last main project of the winter was to bank up along the 18th wall on the Balcomie course to help support the wall 

 

The great weather continues in the way it's been dry but we have had a few days of highs winds, the Balcomie course greens have been sprayed with iron/seaweed and were top-dressed to help smooth the surfaces 

with the unusually mild weather we have been out cutting fairways & semi-roughs etc over both courses 

we have built another in-house recycling Railway sleeper tee bin

rear bunker on hole 14th of the Balcomie course has been rebuilt 

we are starting to make our way through edging/weeding and topping up of our tee paths over both courses 

our new bore hole has been fully connected into our irrigation system and this surrounding area will be landscaped in the next couple of weeks 

we have taken away the tee steps at our 11th medal tee on the Balcomie course and made the entrance much wider and a ramp with Railway sleeper edges 

4th greenside bunker rebuilt on the Balcomie course 

14th rear bunker rebuilt on the Balcomie course 
 

Some great weather now after the wet/frosty weather 

The Balcomie greens being sprayed with a winter fertiliser/iron 

This area at the roundabout has been striped and the turf area has been replaced with chips to make it maintenance free and fixes the BT damage when they put in new cables & box 

In frosty mornings we have continued to cut gorse back at holes 16 & 18 on the Balcomie course as the gorse has become to tall & leggy and was starting to block the view of the hole, this gorse will regenerate 

We are continuing to build our own recycling tee bins out of Railway sleepers 

The bunker front right of green 7 of the Craighead course has been rebuilt 

The 15th fairway bunker on the Craighead course has been rebuilt 

We have been working on a better/larger turning point for golf buggies in front of the 16th tees of the Craighead course to access over Danes Dyke