Our team of greenkeepers take care of everything to do with the course, from everyday tasks such as cutting and bunker raking, to larger projects such as drainage and irrigation.
Below you can find a record of work being undertaken by our greenkeeping team and read the latest updates on current and planned projects. Reports are written by Head Greenkeeper Graham Careford, contact him using the online enquiry form.
Thursday 7th March 2024
It appears that we are heading into a bit of a drier spell of weather for the next week, so fingers crossed this comes true.
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Monday 19th February 2024
Considering the promising condition of the course at the end of January, when a dry spell allowed us to bring conditions up to a desirable standard for the time of year, the need for recent course closures has been disappointing.
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Friday 31st March 2023
We have had to close the course today unfortunately due to the ground conditions being very wet and with a wet day forecast ahead.
After what was a very dry February nature has addressed the balance by giving us a wet March.
We have had 80mm (Over 3”) of rain in 3 weeks with more than half of that falling in the last 10 days and not giving us a chance to dry out enough to allow trollies to be used.
On a positive note this wet spell will help with getting the course to a high standard in the coming weeks by helping the turf to thicken up, but at this moment it is having a detrimental effect.
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