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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.
Gerry Bruen

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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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week starting 25th october

Its been a while sorry if you have been following but as usual it been a very busy season so will update blogg weakly from now on.
Well this season has been one of the driest, recorded rain fall levels show a third less to date on the previous two seasons. The course has went back after this weeks rain with condition underfoot allot softer.
This week tees & approaches cut, greens brushed cut twice,
Course set up in the mornings takes longer at this time of year as leaves, pine needles need blown and removed.
We have started addressing areas that are overgrowing and encroaching on the course see fliker account
www.flickr.com/photos/16068144@N08/
With the adverse weather we seen this week the facility got some much needed work cleaning organising parts etc
Painting duties markers hole cups pins etc all started.
Machinery will start to be striped down and prepared for winter overhauls
Health safety is very important these days and the facility has two inspections a year so we have to be on top of all aspects of H&S. This week I started updating my staffs training manual and all relevant info in staff quarters.
We moved the temporary astroturf path at 10th to get the golfer up to the 11th tee. We will be installing a path to the left side of the green this winter so next season trolleys can access the 11th tee from the back 10th green.
For the next four months all staff on winter hours so it is a reduced working week.
Gerry Bruen

course update

Its been frustrating spring so far. Ground temperatures still below 10 degrees were we need 11 or 12 degrees for consistent growth.
The new seeded areas are coming on ok just need some warmer weather.

The new fountain at 13th looks great and finishes the hole off.

We are well into our routine cutting and course definition is good.