Friday 19 April 2013

COURSE UPDATE 19/04/2013

Over the past week we have seen a steady rise in soil temperatures and they are now reading an average of 12 C over the courses meaning we are now seeing some growth on all areas. Over the past couple of weeks we have been putting a lot of our time into the greens with cutting, shaping, rolling, top dressing, over seeding, fertilising, verti-draining and verti-cutting. All of these procedures are necessary to help with winter recovery. On a whole the greens have come out of winter well and for the time of year are in excellent condition with the exception of few which will require some extra attention but hopefully with this warmer weather and the work being put in will recover quickly. Other work on the courses has included the cutting of tees, approaches, fairways, bankings, divoting, scrub and dead broom clearing, and general tidying up after some strong winds. We are all confident that with the hard work being put in by all greenstaff, the current condition of the courses, and with hopefully the mild weather set to continue we will be back in top condition and it will be a good season to be playing golf at The Blairgowrie Golf Club.

 
 



Tuesday 9 April 2013

Turf Nursery

First steps of re-seeding the turf nursery taking place. The turf nursery saves the club a lot of money as buying in turf can be expensive. When turf is grown in our area it then becomes climatised to our local temperature and conditions.

Wednesday 3 April 2013

New swilken bridge, practice greens and flower bed







The golfing season has officially started here at Blairgowrie but the cold weather still continues with a night time temperature of night of -5 last night and some cold nights forecast for the rest of the week. On a more positive note the courses have come out of winter in good condition with little disease scarring on the greens. Soil temperature is still to low for any growth meaning the application of fertiliser would be wasted at this time. During these cold spells we are kept busy with blowing bankings, edging the pathways, clearing the woods of fallen debris and removing dead broom from around the courses.