Update on the Golf Courses – Friday 5 December - Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club

Message from our Golf Course Superintendent

Cameron Smith, Golf Course Superintendent

Another successful tournament has now been ticked off for the year, with the Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club Legends Pro-Am concluding earlier this week. The course presented exceptionally well overall, particularly given that several planned practices could not proceed last week due to the rain. With Christmas fast approaching, our focus now shifts to pre-renovation preparation, testing machinery, fine-tuning spacings, and trialling a range of processes to ensure we are fully prepared for January.

Following the Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club Legends Pro-Am, much of our attention has returned to The Palms golf course. Fertiliser has been applied across all surfaces to support continued recovery in the lead-up to Christmas, and we expect The Palms golf course to return to excellent condition for the festive period.

Several small turfing projects and additional landscaping tasks are still to be completed on The Palms golf course, and the team is working through these as part of our end-of-year priorities.

This week, the maintenance team completed the following:

Detailed course preparation on The Pines golf course for the Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club Legends Pro-Am
Applied fungicide to the tees on The Pines golf course
Applied organic matter control product to the greens on The Palms golf course
Applied fungicide to the greens on both The Palms and The Pines golf courses
Carried out weed control in the Clubhouse gardens
Continued mowing the rough on The Palms golf course
Completed detail trimming of bunkers on The Palms golf course
Mowed all new turf areas on the 10th hole of The Palms golf course

Next week, the following will be addressed:

Solid needle tine aeration will be carried out on the greens on The Pines golf course
A foliar fertiliser application will be completed on the tees, green aprons, and fairways on The Pines golf course
Mowing of the rough will commence on The Pines golf course
Fungicide will be applied to the greens on both The Palms and The Pines golf courses
Irrigation valve lids and drain pits will be trimmed and detailed on The Pines golf course
Granular fertiliser will be applied to the tees, green aprons, and fairways on The Palms golf course
Lake-edge trimming and detailing will be carried out on The Palms golf course
Drain pits will be trimmed and detailed on The Palms golf course