A couple of very nice days this week and some warmth in the sun, which was probably not enough to get the grass moving but very enjoyable for work and golf.  And by the look of the number of players on the courses on Friday lots of people agree it's good weather for golf!!

A busy work week on the courses with the West greens getting a solid tine aeration which was the second time in three weeks which only helps benefit the greens by getting air into the rootzone with virtually no surface disruption.  We are only penetrating about 100mm but that is just perfect for this time of year.

We were also able to get a de-thatching done on the River greens this week as well.  The video below shows the machine in operation and you can see virtually all the material being pulled out is brown and therefore dead which helps with the health of the green and assists the putting surface as well.  A mow straight after and you could barely tell anything had happened even though more than two cubic metres of material was removed.

The fairways also got a liquid fertilise this week which helps with a little bit of leaf growth at this time of year but certainly assists in the colour.

 

 

A busy time coming up with the Vets week of golf next week.  I'm not sure how many times they have run it but I am pretty sure there has only been one day rained out over the years and the weather is generally perfect so very much looking forward to it.  Also looking forward to the way the course is left thanks to the players and the volunteer spotters, rakers and rangers.

And with all the shenanigans in golf going on I saw these stats this week which are quite extraordinary.  Tiger Woods was the #1 golfer for 683 weeks and it took Federer (310) + Djokovic (373) to match that number in tennis.  Out of interest Norman was 331 weeks and only DJ and Rory have spent more than 100 weeks at the top.