It's Winter



Verti-Drain In Action



 Hello Members, The Winter has certainly arrived with a bang producing some good rainfall totals(142mm so far in June on the golf course) and strong winds which always means a lot of tree debris on the the course. We've managed to clean up well so far with no significant damage to our tree lines. With the onset of the wet weather it's important we all chip in to help preserve the course by avoiding wet area's with our buggies and adhere to the blue lines (which are now on the course )the best we can. You can see from the photo above we have been busy solid tyning our fairways to aid in the water infiltration. You can see how much water is being squeezed out of the turf surface.

Turf Nursery

Over the past couple of weeks we have been cleaning up the old turf nursery which sits alongside the 13th fairway ready for re-planting. This area has been out of action for a couple of years so it will be fantastic to have access to some turf for repairs and constuction and should limit the need to remove turf from out on the golf course.



New Retic Between 5th and 18th

Irrigation improvements to our semi-roughs are continuing. This will allow us to improve Kikyuy coverage in the roughs and improve fairway definition. It will also give us better grounding in controlling our Parramatta Grass population.


The Eliminator

 

The club has now purchased our own weed wiper machine called the Eliminator. This machine will allow us to wipe light rates of Glyphosate across the leaves of the Parramatta Grass. It should help us to significantly reduce the amount of PG amongst our Kikuyu roughs. We will start with the Par 3's and the holes where we've improved the irrigation system so far. Look for the semi roughs on these holes to grow a little more before we start spraying The higher the PG stands and the more leaf there is, the greater chance of success. We will only tackle the holes where the irrigation is adequate enough to establish Kikuyu through any bare area's which may arise from the use of this machine. We will do the remaining holes as we continue to improve the irrigation system through the roughs, as far as our water allocation allows.

Thanks for your time and I wish all players the best of luck throughout Pennant Season.