10th March 2026
As we head into March, we will be doing our greens maintenance, which will consist of a deep tine to a depth of 8 inches using 16mm tines, we will also do a double Verti-cut, a top-dress, then a granular fertiliser will be applied for recovery.
Over the past couple of weeks, top dressing has been going on the greens, and wewill be planning to add further top dressing, aiming to have 30 tons of sand put on the greens before the start of the golf season.
The bunker work has been completed with the liners being put in, bunkers turfed, and fresh white sand added to the bunkers.
An investment by the club in pedestrian mowers has been a beneficial expenditure as the greens are getting cut at a higher height, and the mowers give a tighter and cleaner finish, which helps give a better appearance and reduces any heavy equipment on the greens, especially after any prolonged wet periods.
Our new tractor has arrived, which will help us with our daily routines on the course.
Greens
• Pedestrian cut greens
• Liquid feed applied to greens
• Wetting agent applied in aid of redistributing water in rootzone
• Brush greens
• Dew control applied to greens
• Granular fertiliser applied to greens
• Granular calcium fertiliser applied to greens
• Top-dress greens
Tees/Approaches/Fairways
• Cut approaches
• Cut fairways
• Brush winter mats
• Granular feed to tees
• Liquid fertiliser applied to approaches and winter greens
• Turf to new winter teeing areas for tee mats at 5th, 11th
Rough/ semi-rough
• Cut semi-rough
• Cut tree lines with Grillo to remove leaves and debris
• Cut rough
• Cut tee banks
Irrigation
• TIS works on tee irrigation
• Remedial works after TIS
• Edge sprinklers at greens and tees
Bunkers
• Continue destoning bunkers
• Bunkers levels checked and sand moved to appropriate areas
• Bunkers raked and weeds removed
• Liner to 2nd bunkers
• Turf work on 2nd bunkers
• Sand to 2nd bunkers
Tree Work
• Clear tree debris from the 18th burn grid
• Clear branches and tree debris after heavy winds
• Clear leaves from around the course
• Limb branches around the course to the appropriate height
• Remove brambles and tidy the rear of the 17th green
Walkways/green Surrounds
• Blue lines painted for traffic management
• Top-dress worn walkways
• Edge paths
• Fertiliser to worn walkways
• Fill in potholes on paths
• Turf worn areas at 8th green walk off
• Spike walkways
Machinery maintenance/course furnishings
• Daily checks carried out on equipment
• Fuel filter replaced on Grillo
• Sharpen blades on Jacobson rough and Grillo
• Repair the back door on J.D. buggy
Course furnishings
• Make new and paint existing broken tee boxes
• Make and paint yardage signs for the practice area
• Paint red posts
PLANNED COURSE MAINTENANCE
Greens
• Continue to mow when required
• Roll greens when required
• Continue liquid winter feed program
• Top dress greens
• Sarel roll greens
• Granular feed on greens
• Spray Dew control
• Spray penetrant wetting agent
• Spike greens
• Verti-cut greens
Tees/ approaches/fairway
• Cut fairways, approaches
• Liquid feed on tees and approaches
• Spike tees
• Spike approaches
• Spray fairways
Rough/semi-rough
• Cut semi-rough
• Cut rough
Walkways/green surrounds
• Top dress walkways
Bunkers
• Continue to weed bunkers
• Continue to destone bunkers
• Cut and edge bunkers
• Monitor sand levels of bunkers
• Edge bunkers
Tree work
• Keep the 18th burn grid clear
• Continue small debris removal
• Clear leaves around the course
• Limb and clear branches around the course
Machinery Maintenance
• Continue ongoing maintenance and any repairs required
• Checking the quality of the cut and the height of the cut
• Filter changes to equipment