Mark Lawson reported to the Board on Wednesday of last week and we are now moving into an important preparation phase prior to two Open tournaments in October followed by the coring of the greens in early November and the second installment of the fairway renovation programme following immediately thereafter.
The Board resolved to move, during the renovation programme, to a nine hole course to be played twice first from the white and then from the blue tees. The layout will be 1-4, 12, & 15-18; holes 5 & 6 will be rested to enable the completion of further work on the green surrounds and a final reseeding and over sowing of the remaining bare patches. In preparation for the renovation programme the removal of the designated trees on 8 & 9/10 will be completed within the next few weeks.
As part of the ongoing work around the course at the request of the Women's Committee there will be extra attention paid to the formation and maintenance of the "Red Tees" on the basis that they will in all likelihood become a more integral part of the playing schedule both in Winter and with nine hole memberships.
Mark reported that the mounding has seen significant growth but this is with the "rye grass" strain and as the temperatures increase this will burn of and be replaced by the hardier strains that are already sprouting underneath. The mounding project has been a great success and we look forward to additional formations in the months ahead.
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