04/08/2025
On the course 28th July - 3rd August
Bit of a mixed week weather-wise giving 19mm of rain in total. Thankfully "only" 7mm of this fell on the Sunday of Captains Weekend, when the forecast was suggesting much more. This week also saw July come to an end and this month gave us 54mm(2.1") in total, another very dry month. In the last 6 months, from and including February we have only had 314mm(12.4"). Considering our 25 year monthly average is about 100mm(4"), it shows how dry we've had it for so long.
After saying that, this coming week looks set to start with a named storm, Storm Floris and is very early to have a named storm, bringing unseasonably very strong winds and rain. But after Monday it looks to settle down again slowly as the week goes on.
Onn the course it was mainly focused on preparing for The Captains Weekend, generally as we would any other weekend.
We started the week with a couple of spray applications. It can be tricky when it comes to spraying.....it's all about "Spray windows", the ideal opportunity to spray and get the best out of the chemical being sprayed. Foliars need it to be dry so it can dry on the leaf, some need rain to get it into the crown or the profile. So this week growth regulators was applied on the dry Monday to the greens, tees and approaches, and the same areas sprayed with a wetting agent in the rain on Tuesday.
Other jobs:-
▪︎ Trim around distance discs on the fairways and tees
▪︎ Strimming jobs
▪︎ Divoting
▪︎ Tee and green bankings cut
▪︎ General mowing.
Plans for this coming week:-
▪︎ With the course being very busy, divoting of tees and maybe some fairways will have to be maintained.
▪︎ Keep up with the mowing regime
Finally, some pictures of 2 very young Deer on the course with their mother and 1 deer seemed very tame, just looking at me.
