Message from our Golf Course Superintendent

Cameron Smith, Golf Course Superintendent

As another dry week concludes, there is some welcome rainfall forecast for the coming week. Despite the continued run of stable weather, the team has completed the pre-emergent program across all couch surfaces on The Pines golf course, alongside Poa pre-emergent applications on all greens throughout the property. This program delivered excellent results last year, and similar success is anticipated again this season. Looking ahead to next week, pre-emergent treatments will be undertaken on The Palms golf course, in conjunction with scheduled tree contractor works on Tuesday and Wednesday. Members may have observed that lake levels across the property are currently lower than usual. This is the result of ongoing pump issues affecting our water supply from Coombabah, which we are hopeful will be resolved early next week. In the interim, investigations into leakage concerns at the lakes on holes 3 and 10 on The Palms golf course are continuing. Independent consultants have been engaged, and an outcome is expected soon.

This week, the maintenance team completed the following:

• Verti-cut the greens on The Pines golf course
• Dusted the greens on The Pines golf course with a light top dress
• Applied selective herbicide to the green aprons and fairways on The Pines golf course
• Edged and detailed the cart paths on The Pines golf course
• Removed chaff from the 14th hole on The Pines golf course
• Trimmed and detailed bunkers on The Palms golf course
• Mowed the outer rough on The Palms golf course
• Commenced mowing the rough on The Pines golf course
• Applied winter grass control to the greens on both The Palms and The Pines golf courses
• Mowed, fertilised, and top dressed the nursery green on The Palms golf course

Next week, the following will be addressed:

• Needle tine the greens on The Palms golf course
• Edge and detail the cart paths on The Palms golf course
• Apply pre-emergent and wetting agent to the green aprons and fairways on The Palms golf course
• TreeSafe contractors to undertake works on the left-hand side of the 9th hole on The Palms golf course
• Needle tine the tee tops on The Pines golf course
• Complete mowing of the rough on The Pines golf course
• Apply pre-emergent to the rough on The Pines golf course
• Spot spray selective herbicide to the green and tee surrounds on The Pines golf course
• Commence irrigation trimming on both golf courses

The Pines and The Palms golf courses