Another great week of weather and it certainly bought the golfers out again with hardly any room to work.  A couple of afternoon course closures gave us the chance to get a de-thatch in on both courses but the volume of play meant that the greens didn't get solid tined.  We did however get 2 and 12R greens tined as they are really struggling with the wear which is compounded by the amount of shade they receive.  The de-thatch did exactly what it is meant to do and that is removing a lot of dead and decaying plant matter in the top surface of the greens.

The non-shaded tees have also held up through the winter which is a bonus because when I heard we were hosting the Queensland Championships next week at the same time as the Club Championships, I was a little concerned but the tees have been well managed and still have some grass.  Disappointing when next weeks supposed ''elite'' players come to your club and play from wherever they like and chop the courses to pieces practising though.

We got the chance this week to get the root pruning machine out on to some fairways to help relieve some compaction and get some much needed air to the rootzone.  The machine is actually a large slicer and has the bonus of cutting roots while it aerates.  We concentrated on the fairways that were really wet and holding water over the past months. 

Congratulations to the crew for the work they have put in on the courses this week with lower than usual numbers thanks to some annual leave.  I think the courses will play very well for the 2 championships being conducted over the coming weeks.  Prepping the West course for tomorrow wasn't easy with 250 players out there today and a couple of those groups playing ambrose so lots of chopping up on the fairways.