Hollow-tining all completed on the Abbotts. Greens were well watered in and have been fed with a general purpose granular autumn feed. A little of everything to push on recovery and a lot of Iron to harden the plant a give a good green colour. This will also create lots of black footprints but these will grow out in the next few days.
Greens were rolled today, they will be left tomorrow and receive a cut on Thursday. Next week they will require a further topdressing to level out any imperfections. Their is a good number of torn areas on the greens but again these will fill in quickly in the next week.
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Monday, 8 September 2014
Tuesday, 12 August 2014
Monday, 4 August 2014
Lots of work taking place in the bunkers at the moment. Sand top up to some of the worst one's with 3 receiving changes to improve the drainage. This will be ongoing through the week.
We are having a play with shapes on the 9th approach, never believing we have the correct look for the hole. A complete change in bunker shape is needed with a reduction in the overall size and a lowering of the face but for now this shorter grass surrounding the bunker frames both the bunker and the green.
Hollow-tining is set for the Priors next week. Large 3/8 tines will be used with at least 1 ton of sand applied to each green. The plan will be start on Monday afternoon and continue through Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Abbotts will be Hollow-tined after the Club Championship week beginning September the 8th.
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| 6th Abbotts |
We are having a play with shapes on the 9th approach, never believing we have the correct look for the hole. A complete change in bunker shape is needed with a reduction in the overall size and a lowering of the face but for now this shorter grass surrounding the bunker frames both the bunker and the green.
Hollow-tining is set for the Priors next week. Large 3/8 tines will be used with at least 1 ton of sand applied to each green. The plan will be start on Monday afternoon and continue through Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Abbotts will be Hollow-tined after the Club Championship week beginning September the 8th.
Friday, 18 July 2014
Some interesting weather in the last few days and indeed over the weekend. A massive 32mm on Sunday added on to 12, 6 and 12mm gave us an impressive score for the weekend. Bunkers were trashed and still look pretty ropey. Sand re-distribution will continue over the next few days and bunkers should be back to normal by Saturday, ready for the next thunder storm; possibly.
The picture below is from a quad bike riding on the course on Thursday last week. The ...... ... was also driving around the course during a ladies match earlier last week at speeds and in a manner which could have injured someone. On all occasion the police were involved. The Priors too has received it's fair share of vandalism in the last few weeks and I can only assume that a number of my neighbors must have finish there schooling for the summer earlier than most children.
The picture below is from a quad bike riding on the course on Thursday last week. The ...... ... was also driving around the course during a ladies match earlier last week at speeds and in a manner which could have injured someone. On all occasion the police were involved. The Priors too has received it's fair share of vandalism in the last few weeks and I can only assume that a number of my neighbors must have finish there schooling for the summer earlier than most children.
Friday, 4 July 2014
Thursday, 12 June 2014
The tree below is located on the right of the 4th fairway on the Abbotts. Together with a about 5 friends it is beginning to cause problems to the hole. The Cockspur Thorn as the name suggests has a vicious spike. This makes cutting and playing round the tree very difficult.
In Autumn we are planning to review areas of planting just off the fairway in the cut rough on all parts of the course. As plantations get bigger so the trees begin to encroach on the line of play. Were once the tree sat within the longer rough it is now hanging over in-play areas and beginning to move towards the fairway.
There is a good deal of poor tree planting within the rough, so our first job will be to clear poor, weak and diseased trees before carefully selecting trees to thin out. Our overall aim is to maintain the current vista, whilst keeping trees away from play and filling in some of the weaker areas of planting.
A tree, unlike rough, or even a bunker is a three dimensional hazard. Any ball located behind a tree has limited chance to move forward. Where a bunker may incur a 1/2 shot penalty a tree will cost you at least 1 and sometimes more than 1 shot. On a small compact site like ours we need to ensure we use the trees to frame the hole but not allow them to interfere to much with play.
A perfect example can be seen below taken of the 6th hole today. The trees create a beautiful back drop to the hole whilst being mainly out of play. We already have 3 bunkers, rough and a pond and anything more would create a messy hole.
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| Cockspur Thorn |
There is a good deal of poor tree planting within the rough, so our first job will be to clear poor, weak and diseased trees before carefully selecting trees to thin out. Our overall aim is to maintain the current vista, whilst keeping trees away from play and filling in some of the weaker areas of planting.
A tree, unlike rough, or even a bunker is a three dimensional hazard. Any ball located behind a tree has limited chance to move forward. Where a bunker may incur a 1/2 shot penalty a tree will cost you at least 1 and sometimes more than 1 shot. On a small compact site like ours we need to ensure we use the trees to frame the hole but not allow them to interfere to much with play.
A perfect example can be seen below taken of the 6th hole today. The trees create a beautiful back drop to the hole whilst being mainly out of play. We already have 3 bunkers, rough and a pond and anything more would create a messy hole.
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| 6th Abbotts |
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