Message from our Golf Course Superintendent

This week, the maintenance team completed the following:

• Verti‑cut and dusted the greens on both The Palms golf course and The Pines golf course
• Applied insecticide and a wetting agent to the tees, green aprons, and fairways on The Palms golf course
• Applied foliar fertiliser to the tees, green aprons, and fairways on The Palms golf course
• Edged and detailed the cart paths on The Palms golf course
• Completed bunker trimming and detailing on The Palms golf course
• Returfed the white tee block on the 10th hole on The Palms golf course
• Assisted the volunteer working group in collecting fallen palm fronds on The Palms golf course
• Continued mowing the rough on The Pines golf course
• Returfed selected bare areas and path edges on The Palms golf course
• Completed the gypsum application on the fairways on The Pines golf course
• Continued trimming irrigation sprinkler heads on The Pines golf course
• Applied fungicide to the greens on The Palms golf course
• Topped up the left‑hand‑side greenside bunker on The Pines golf course with new sand
• Mowed the green aprons on The Pines golf course down to 6mm
• Completed cart path edging on the new 10th hole on The Palms golf course
• Carried out driving‑range detail work on The Pines golf course, including trimming sprinkler heads and bunker edging

Next week, the following will be addressed:

• Verti‑cut and apply a light dusting to the greens on The Palms golf course
• Mulch the gardens on The Palms golf course
• Trim and detail the lake edges on The Palms golf course, including the lake on the 18th hole on The Pines golf course
• Check bunker depths, and amend where required, on The Palms golf course
• Mow the rough on The Palms golf course
• Apply foliar fertiliser to the tees, green aprons, and fairways on The Pines golf course
• Apply a pesticide to the greens on The Pines golf course

The Pines and The Palms golf courses

Cart path edge works on the land bridge on the 10th hole on The Palms golf course

Dusting the greens on The Palms golf course

Foliar fertiliser application on the fairways on The Palms golf course

Foliar fertiliser application on the green aprons on The Palms golf course

Irrigating the fairways on The Palms golf course after the wetting agent and insecticide application

Result after verti cutting and before the clean up mow

Turf repair work on the white tee block on the 10th hole on The Palms golf course

Verti cutting the greens on The Palms golf course

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