Greens Verti-draining

Today we started to verti-drain the greens with 12mm solid tines going to a depth of 250mm. The greens were dressed with sand and drag matted prior to the tining work. The tines will carry some of the sand into the profile but more importantly relieve some compaction that exists around the 200mm mark. We will do 7 greens this week and then the remainder next week so that the whole course is not affected. The greens were rolled with the turf iron afterwards to smooth the surface. We have done the older greens from 6-11 & the putting green first.

Silverburn Course

Over seeding of the greens and approaches will be carried out on Monday 10th October. Fescue seed will be planted into the sward using the vredo seeder. The greens will be ironed and top dressed afterwards to seal the seed lines.

4th winter tee update

Work has been completed on the new winter tee. Marram grass has been placed round the edges to blend the tee into the surrounding area. Tee platform and path have been turfed. This tee will be used in late December/January.

Staff Golf Day

The green staff held their annual golf day over Balgownie links onTuesday 4th October. It was a fine breezy day played on a firm running course. We played a stableford format with Euan Polson coming out the winner with 34 ponts. Mike Braidwood finished second with 30 points. A fine meal was had in the clubhouse before the prize giving where everyone had taken a prize so nobody missed out.

New 4th winter tee

The site for a new winter tee at the 4th hole was cleared. This tee will allow us to spread wear  around the 3rd green in the winter months. The should be ready to use by mid November. 

Autumn renovations

Today we started some Autumn renovation work on the tees. Hollow coring with 16mm tines used to remove large cores from the profile. These holes will be filled with clean sand and then overseeded with bar fescue. 

Mini tine aeration

This morning we have carried out some much needed aeration on the greens with 6mm mini tines. Over the past few weeks we have been ironing greens almost daily and this  has sealed the surface slightly meaning heavy rain showers are slower to percolate through the profile. We punched the holes in to a depth of 50mm as we needed to get some  oxygen into the root system and allow the the turf to breath.  There is very little disturbance with this size of tine.