Another huge week of play with the Vets week of golf and the other course full most days.  At the golf management meeting on Tuesday I mentioned how busy the courses have been and said to head Pro Jared that there must have been 500 players last Friday.  He answered with ''actually there were 550'', and I would suggest today would be the same.  The courses are just about worn out to be honest with very little growth happening which is obviously usual for this time of year so bring on some warm sun.

With the volume of play this week and a desire to stay out of the way of the Vets fields, there were a lot of small jobs picked up around the courses that have been nagging for a while.  We were also able to paint the couch runners that have encroached into the West greens which is a slow and tedious job but very necessary.

Literally painting the encroachment.

 

Next week we have a couple of afternoon course closures to allow us some maintenance time in the lead up to a crazily busy month of golf.  The goal is to get the greens on both courses solid tined and de-thatched early next week and hopefully get the tees solid tined as well but the weather will play a major factor in what gets done.  

And whilst not golf, below is a pretty good video of laying the turf on the playing surface at the new Allianz stadium in Sydney.  First game on the turf will be on September 2.