Update on the Golf Courses – Friday 19 December - Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club

Message from our Golf Course Superintendent

Cameron Smith, Golf Course Superintendent

As we move into the shorter weeks to round out the year, a program of growth regulators is being applied across both golf courses this week and next. The Palms golf course is now showing excellent signs of recovery following the granular fertiliser application completed last week.

The team is also working through a number of smaller projects. The 16th/17th tee has had the concrete cart path and kerbing installed, with turf scheduled to arrive later this week, and final works are to be completed early next week. The final plantings on The Palms golf course will be completed on Monday on hole 3.

This week, the maintenance team completed the following:

Reapplied hazard lines on both golf courses
Mowed rough on The Palms golf course
Trimmed irrigation heads on both golf courses
Completed detailed trimming of paths at The Pines golf course practice putting greens, and the parking area at the Clubhouse practice range tee
Continued weed control in the Clubhouse gardens
Applied a selective herbicide to control Mullumbimby couch on The Pines golf course greens
Applied granular fertiliser to the practice range fairway
Topdressed and rubbed in divot areas on the south practice range tee
Applied fungicide to greens on both golf courses
Applied foliar fertiliser to The Palms golf course tees, greens aprons, and fairways
Topped up low‑sand areas in selected bunkers on The Pines golf course
Applied a gypsum amendment to the sand profile of the new 16th and 17th tees on The Palms golf course
Topdressed the new 10th tees on The Palms golf course and the new turf area on the 3rd fairway
Commenced turf works by contractors on the new 16th and 17th tees on The Palms golf course
Transplanted two palm trees to the left side of the 18th hole on The Palms golf course near the new 16th and 17th tees

Next week, the following will be addressed:

A focus on course preparation for the Christmas period will be undertaken
A foliar application will be carried out on The Pines golf course tees, greens aprons, and fairways
The rough on The Pines golf course will be mowed
A fungicide application will be applied to The Pines golf course greens
Selective plants will be installed in the landscape areas on the 3rd hole on The Palms golf course
The turfing works on the new 16th and 17th tees on The Palms golf course will be completed