Course News

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.

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Course Update - 31/03/23

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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Course manager's report March 2023

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

The rain has returned to Bush Hill Park as we all knew it would, the dry 7 week spell we had from mid-January to Early March had been most welcome and whilst I was trying very hard not to say we needed a drop or two we most certainly did especially with in excess of a 1000m of newly turf laid over the autumn and winter period.
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Course Update - 03 February 2023

Friday 3rd February 2023

It’s been great to see so many members out playing this week. The sunnier and drier conditions we have had this week have certainly had a positive impact on the course with it looking and playing the best it has all year.
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December 2022 Course Update

Monday 12th December 2022

Thankfully the rain we have had has at last come to a stop, for the time being at least. Since we started our bunker project on the 17th September it seemed to not stop. We recorded 193.5mm (that’s nearly 8” in old money!) in the 6 weeks after the work started, making it very hard to get on with the phase 2 of the project, which was to be done in-house by my team.
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