Update on the Golf Courses – Friday 13 June - Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club

Message from our Golf Course Superintendent

Cameron Smith, Golf Course Superintendent

This week, the maintenance team completed a range of important tasks across both golf courses. On The Pines golf course, selected weak areas received a foliar fertiliser application, while the Clubhouse lawns were scarified and scalped in preparation for Ryegrass oversowing. Winter annuals were planted in the flagpole garden, the forest floors were mulched using the Ventrac, and shaded fairway areas underwent ProCore solid tine aeration.

Looking ahead to next week, the team intends to apply granular gypsum to weak fairway areas on The Pines golf course, carry out irrigation trimming, and continue the reconstruction of access paths between the 8th and 11th holes, and the 12th tee. Additionally, the entrance lawns at The Pines golf course are scheduled to be oversown with Ryegrass and top-dressed with sand.

The Pines golf course will be closed on 30 June and 1 July to allow the GCM team to undertake several major works requiring the use of heavy machinery. The primary focus will be mulching and clearing storm debris remaining from the March weather event, along with the removal of several high-risk trees identified during the post-storm arborist audit. In addition, work will be carried out on the 13th green, including the placement of additional rock to stabilise the bank in front of the green, and the reinstatement of rock that was washed into the water during the storm.

This week, the maintenance team completed the following:

Applied a foliar fertiliser to selected weak areas on The Pines golf course
Renovated the Clubhouse lawns on The Pines golf course by scarifying and scalping them in preparation for Ryegrass oversowing
Planted winter annuals in the flagpole garden on The Pines golf course
Mulched the forest floors on The Pines golf course using the Ventrac
Carried out ProCore solid tine aeration on shaded fairway areas on The Pines golf course
Mowed the rough on The Pines golf course
Commenced the reconstruction of the 12th hole access path on The Pines golf course
Collected loose palm frond piles in the rough on The Palms golf course
Continued garden maintenance and spraying between the 13th and 14th holes on The Palms golf course

Next week, the following will be addressed:

Granular gypsum will be applied to weak fairway areas on The Pines golf course
Irrigation trimming will be carried out on The Pines golf course
Drainage pits on The Palms golf course will be trimmed
Mulch spreading will continue in the gardens on The Palms golf course
Mulching of the forest floors on The Pines golf course using the Ventrac will continue
The access path between the 8th and 11th holes on The Pines golf course will be rebuilt
The entrance lawns on The Pines golf course will be oversown with Ryegrass and top-dressed with sand