course info 29th Nov

Well the weather man did get it right
Course closed untill further notice
Gerry Bruen

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10th burn to ponds

Week ending 26th Nov

Winter is finally upon us. Hopefully we wont get the snow this weekend that is forecast.
The start of the week allowed us to transplant some 40 odd trees a mixture of beech, lime & holly from woodland areas to right 8th, right 10th & 14th, left 15th. We concentrated in replacing dead trees and weak trees before strengthening any corpses.
The freezing conditions allowed us to transport large sand stone from the woods left 3rd to enhance pond features at holes 10 & 13. We also transplanted iris and tall reeds to the same ponds finishing the look of the ponds off well.
Graham Webster was on site on Thursday myself and some members of the committee walked areas of the course we are looking to strengthen and discussed possible projects.
Gerry Bruen

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Course Info 25th Nov

Another cold evening
All greens on temps & tees
Next inspection 12 30
Gerry Bruen

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course info 24th

Very cold morning wide spread frost all greens temps and tees
Next inspection 12pm
Gerry Bruen

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WEEK ENDING 19th NOV

One of the better weeks
The start of the week seen some freezing temperatures going as low as -4 then we had some milder weather and strong winds.
This was ideal to see the last of the leaves coming down and with good ground conditions no problem getting machinery out to clear up.
At the start of the week we cleared along boundary fence from 15th ladies tee to behind the 9th green this will speed up maintaining boundary during the season and it certainly looks allot better.
With the better weather conditions we managed to get greens & temps, tees & temps, approaches, & fairways cut.
The soil greens were pencil tinned to a depth 2" to keep the surface open improving water movement and aerating surface of the green.
All tees had a application of a light liquid feed and chelated iron to harden off going into the winter and improve colour.
I attended the committee outing on Friday and would like to thank my playing partner Andrew ( chief ) for playing so well and cementing a victory against the vice captain and the managing secretary, good company thanks again.
Gerry Bruen

course info 23rd Nov

Light frost temps on 13 to 16 the rest main greens. All temp tees on
Next inspection 11 30

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week ending 12 November

It was a fairly unsettled week with nearly 2" rain recorded on days Thu Fri.
At the start of the week we managed to get greens brushed cut along with the tees and approaches.
During the winter months we are susceptible to some moss trying to establish on our greens mainly on the new greens and areas were water would sit during prolonged periods of rain. We combat this by applying light nutrient application on the greens that have a percentage of iron and in more problematic areas spot treatment with a mossicide is used.
All temp greens were sprayed with a worm suppressant to control worm casts.
All course furniture and tables clubhouse brought in for winter months and will be varnished.
The weather near end week went down hill all painting duties started up, machines stripped & cleaned in prep for winter overhauls.
Our irrigation system was shut down ( in house ) all water drained from system and pump, all valves opened. The system will be pressured back up some time march.
Friday morning my self, Kevin met greens convener Eric discussed and walked areas In proposed winter programme.
Gerry Bruen

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course info Mon 15 Nov

Lovely morning
-3 at the moment 18 holes in play
All temps next inspection 11 30
Gerry Bruen

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course info

Another wet windy evening
Recorded 17mm rain last 24hrs
Allot surface water around
Course closed
Next inspection 11 30
Gerry Bruen

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course open

Restricted course in play
1 to 7 back up 18.
Gerry bruen

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course info

Good morning
Due to the adverse weather during the evening which amounted to 12mm rain in a 7 hour period the course is closed.
There will be another inspection around 11 o'clock but unlikely to re open today.
Gerry bruen

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1 - 18 in play all main greens on
Gerry Bruen

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Week ending 5 Nov

Well thank god that week is over we had close to 40mm rain. The drying room put to good use this week.
The low section of the course struggled and from tue to fri we had to restrict the course, holes in play 1-11, 17 & 18.
On a positive note our older style pushup greens 1,2,9,11,14,15,16,17 & 18 although some days having surface water on them still remain very firm underfoot.
This week seen the start of our winter course, blue stakes out to restrict play from fairways & ropes out to traffic the golfers using powered caddies.
There was a big effort blowing & removing leaves to stop any die back as a result of the leaves lying to long.
We also extend astro turf path right 6 green to help keep good grass covering to what has been a bottle neck in the past. We will be covering the problematic golpla paths with astro turf & see what feedback we get from the members.
With the adverse weather main greens & temp greens were the only cutting this week.
On wednesday afternoon all the staff attended our national show Ingliston near Edinburgh airport the show was quieter than previous years but still good to see old faces and see what is new in the industry.
Finally thank you to James who was with us this week on work experience not a great week for working outdoors on the course but he seemed to take it in his stride.
Gerry Bruen

course info

Good morning
Another poor day
During evening and this morning another 8mm rain again allot surface water low section course
Restricted course 1-11, 17 & 18.
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course info

Good morning
Another wet evening allot surface water around. Still restricted course 1 to 11,17 & 18.

Looks like possibly some more dry cold weather heading this way for weekend
Gerry Bruen

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Another wet evening 30mm rain in the last 48 hrs.
Restricted course all day holes 1 to 11 then play 17 & 18.
Temps on at greens 1,7,9 & 18
Please note no flag on green and yellow tee stand lying on its side indicates the hole is closed.
Gerry Bruen

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