CAPEL GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE

Due to the public holiday last Monday, this week was a short week, and a disruptive one due to the rain, 91mm of rain over the last 10 days restricted the type of work carried out. Clean up work included debris removal, 2 felled trees, Bunker repair (washouts etc). This was carried out on top of the usual course set up and we still managed to get through some extra over due works as well. These works included, repair of the 15th wear area, turfing the final section of the 17th green bank modifications, finishing the 16th tee path area and some equipment servicing when the rain was just to heavy for outside work to continue. Considering we are still operating with 3 staff, not a bad effort, a very productive week despite the short disruptive week. Some before and after pics...... 15th wear area 15th repaired 17th green bank before works 17th green bank as it is now 16th tee during wall construction 16th tee now This past week was also the a...

During the week, we modified the 17th green bank to solve a problem some felt was unfair when a ball would trickle to the edge of the green only to gain pace down the steep slope into the non irrigated sandy area, this problem was also effecting putts when the pin was in the vicinity as well.   Pics of missing peak , side view of bank and view from back before work commenced We cut the turf, added sand / soil, shaped the area and re-laid the turf. we took the opportunity to construct the missing "peak" the high humps around the green that for some reason was not constructed on that portion. We allowed for drainage creating a few swails.  Rolling Turf and filling area with soil Same views as first 3 after work  Seeding the green side of the new work will be done next week after the sand has had time to settle and we consolidate the area a little more. The area is G.U.R  and nearest point of relief no closer to the hole is in place. It is expected the turfed area wi...

5 Days since renovations and the greens are making a strong recovery, during this week we topped up some greens with a little more sand to cover some holes left over.  I expect to give them their first cut next Monday afternoon at 5.5mm, once we are happy with minimal sand pick up we will commence the process of gradually lowering them to our normal height of cut. We rest the greens after renovations for two reasons, importantly for the health of the bent grass to grow new roots and shoots, plus we don't want to take heavy triplex mowers on them to soon while they are soft and moist, generally tho to recover from the intense practices they go through during the year, Secondly with so much sand about, cutting them would make sure the cylinders go blunt on the first green, tearing and ripping every subsequent green cut and adding to the maintenance bill trying to sharpen the blades and cylinders again. Normally a 4 to 5 week recovery time before they are back to normal conditions wi...