April 2015 General The course has benefited from rainfall overnight on Monday into Tuesday. We recorded 5mm overnight and another 4mm on Tuesday morning. The pump station failed on Monday with the new pump having an issue. A technician has been called to assess the issue. It is a part of the pump that was […]
Course News
We have now completed final works on the blue gum trees located on the 14th at the rear of the 10th at the end of last week. The remaining blue gums received a final prune and all the dead pine trees have been removed. We thank members for their patience with these works and hope […]
Work Schedule – week starting 13th – 17th April 2015 This week we’re starting to prepare the course for winter. The course will be fertilised with a custom blend fertiliser to suit our particular nutrient requirements. Tees, fairways, surrounds, and rough will all be sprayed with a preventative fungicide to control Spring Dead Patch, and Brown Patch, […]
Following previous successful Volunteer Working Day last year, we have scheduled another later this month to follow on from the scheduled coring and sanding of the greens. It would be fantastic to have more members volunteer their time for one day and give back to the course that provides so much joy! Details of the […]
To better inform the membership of matters relating to the course, we have scheduled another course walk with Course Superintendent, Glenn Cross on Monday 13th April at 8:00am. The session is expected to run for 60-90 minutes, with a maximum of 20 members having the opportunity to walk of a number of holes with Glenn and […]
Work Schedule – starting Monday 6th – 10th April 2015 Another short week this week. Tuesday morning before the ladies field we’ll complete the apron replacement on 7th green. An application of trace elements to greens. Fertilise tees. Core bottom practice green with a new type of 4mm hollow tyne. Continue tree pruning at rear of […]
Members would have noticed that the dead pine trees have been removed on the 14th at the rear of the 10th with the remaining blue gum now removed. Please note that the tree pruning will be completed by the end of the week at a suitable time outside any major competitions. We thank members for their […]
Grounds Schedule Monday, 30th March – April 3rd 2015 Another short week this week with Friday being a public holiday. Our apron replacement programme will start Monday morning at the 7th green. The invasive Couch grass will be removed, and Bent grass from our nursery planted. The front half of the green will be done before […]
Grounds Schedule 23rd – 27th March 2015 Last week we spent the week preparing for the Mount Lawley Classic. Although we did a lot of repair work in bunkers, this week we’ll be back in them scraping the algae and moss from the faces. Although the moss keeps the face firm and stops balls from […]
The Club has received approval from Stirling Council to carry out the required tree works behind the 10th green and will take place on Monday 23rd March. The back nine will remain closed on this day. As previously advised, this will include removal of the right hand gum tree for safety reasons. Pruning of the […]
