Message from our Golf Course Superintendent


Cameron Smith, Golf Course Superintendent

 

“This week, the maintenance team has prioritised operational efficiency across the golf courses, making full use of the available workdays due to the shortened weeks. Optimal weather conditions over the Easter long weekend provided a valuable window for operations, with both courses presenting in excellent condition following recent periods of heavy rainfall. However, rainfall earlier this week has once again temporarily impacted rough mowing. This task will be rescheduled as soon as possible. On The Pines golf course, the over-sown tees received their initial mow at a height of 8mm, while The Palms golf course tees have begun to germinate, with their first mow anticipated in the coming week. Continued favourable weather will be critical to maintaining the current momentum.

 

This week, the team completed the following on The Palms and The Pines golf courses:

  • Completed the first mow on The Pines golf course over-sown tees at 8mm

  • Carried out a foliar fertiliser application on The Pines golf course fairways and aprons, and also on The Palms golf course greens

  • Applied granular fertiliser to The Pines golf course tees

  • Mowed the rough on The Pines golf course greens complexes and surrounds

  • Continued irrigation trimming on The Palms golf course valve boxes, drains, and sprinklers

  • Continued lake trimming on The Pines golf course

  • Contractors carried out path edge turfing repairs on The Pines golf course

Next week, the team plans to do the following on both golf courses:

  • A fungicide and herbicide application will be carried out on the greens of The Palms golf course and The Pines golf course

  • The first mow on the over-sown tees of The Palms golf course will be completed at a height of 8mm

  • Bunker trimming and detailing will be undertaken on The Palms golf course

  • Irrigation trimming on the valve boxes, drains, and sprinklers of The Palms golf course will continue

  • The rough on The Pines golf course will be mown

  • Mowing of the rough on The Palms golf course will commence

  • Reminder: the 10th hole on The Palms golf course will be closed for rebuilding on Monday 28 April

The Pines and The Palms golf courses

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