CAPEL GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE

There are plenty of well known benefits from coring and aeration, I have highlighted a few over the years but never did I believe one of those benefits was finding Irrigation Leaks !!! After coming across water bubbling to the surface from a core hole I initially thought the Corer had hit a shallow pipe, digging the area up expecting to discover a nice core hole in a pipe I was somewhat surprised to find the leak in question judging by the amount of oxidised iron, (much deeper than the core holes reached) must have been leaking for a considerable time. Water will flow along the least resistance, it was only the core hole that directed water to the surface. Ticking another box for the benefits of coring finding old pipe leaks!!! The fairways are progressing well from renovations, full recovery will take another week or so and stand in good health with the hotter part of summer approaching. Greens have also continued their strong response from the second of the mini renovati

The greens are making a strong recovery from the 2nd mini renovations, we commenced afternoon cuts at 4mm last Friday, which will continue this week. Morning cuts and lowering heights to our summer height will depend on sand pick up, likely to commence by next week at the latest. In the meantime players should expect the greens to be slower at least for the next week.    13 green 3 days after renovations.   The fairway renovations went exceedingly well, completing all fairways within the 3 days allocated with only minimal disruption to play. The benefits of coring will be very obvious through summer once the fairways have fully recovered. View of 18 Fairway after coring   In the short term after fairway coring dry areas will develop, there normally is an initial soil moisture drop with any work involving aeration, for us the combination of set speed pumps and a manual system means we could not water individual fairways as they were completed, ( we had to wait for all fai

A 13 hour day behind us today, we have completed the greens renovations and made a start Coring fairways making the most of the Course Closed Day. An indication of the size tine we are using for the fairways   In action on the fairways   One down 8 to go on the back 9. Meanwhile on the greens   Though we managed to complete 3 fairways today it is slow going, players should expect core deposits on fairways and equipment in use tomorrow. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. The mini greens renovations was completed without issue, we expect a positive result with the greens back in normal condition in 2 weeks.