After what should have been an excellent drop of rain over the weekend (only 3mm) and an incredibly dry 3 month period greens are still dry.

They have struggled in the last 2 weeks so a slight height increase and a little fertilizer mixed with iron, calcium and magnesium (ideal to strengthen the plant ready for winter) is helping greens fill back in.  Through the autumn we will be slitting and brushing greens on a regular basis. This will help in the first instance keep the surface open and therefore drier.  The brushing will stand up the sward and keep the surface clean of organic matter, protecting from disease during the winter period.

14th Green

The picture above is a core taken out of the 14th green today.  This area has no moisture at all. Completely hydrophobia, with good root penetration but grass on the surface has gone dormant and until we attack it with wetting agents and once the weather turns it will stay in this dormant state. About 4-5 greens have sections with dry dormant areas, with the rest of the green lovely and green.

2nd Green P

Priors course is looking good with the land fill areas receiving topsoil and the surfaces all clean and tidy.  Greens are getting a heavy dressing and deep tining this week.  1 ton of sand per green and tines penetrating 9" into the soil.  We will repeat on the Abbotts in a few week time.