Update on the Golf Courses

This week the Golf Course Maintenance team completed the following:

• Mitecide application on The Pines fairways
• Fungicide application on The Pines greens
• Small practice putting green renovation which involved verti-cut four times over in different directions, aerating 10mm hollow tines, applying amendments and topdressing
• Installation of an advanced-sized Bottle tree in the garden behind The Pines 11^thgreen

The team is addressing the below during The Palms golf course renovations:

Greens

• Verti-cut four times over in different directions
• Aerate 10mm hollow tines
• Apply amendments
• Topdress

              Tees / Green Aprons

• Green apron shapes altered on various holes
• Aerate 14mm hollow tines
• Scarify
• Mow at 8mm

                Fairways

• Aerate 14mm hollow tines
• Rub in cores
• Cross cut at 10mm

               Drainage Works

• Drainage works conducted by contractors Atlas Golf on holes 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17
• Works include turf removal from addressed area
• Reshaping of surface contouring
• Subsurface drainage

Next week the team will

• Continue The Palms renovations by way of topdressing tees, applying gypsum and topdressing fairways
• Topdress The Palms greens for the 2^nd time
• Apply granular fertiliser on tees, green aprons and fairways
• Assist Atlas Golf with continued drainage works on holes 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
• Lightly dust The Pines greens
• Foliar fertilise The Pines tees, green aprons and fairways