All in all a very satisfying week with the weather co-operating and the courses playing very well for the Queensland championships. It was pretty hectic early in the week with four tee 6.30am starts but the crew did a great job with the preparation in the time available. One thing of notice with the elite players was the condition of the hole at the end of play. On Tuesday there were 160 players on the West course and the cup could have been used again the next day. Just shows the difference of not having players using their ball retrievers to get the ball out of the hole or yanking out the ball out with the flagstick and damaging the edge of the hole in the process as we normally experience, which means we are changing holes every day of the week.

Could go another round.

 

The fine weather also has the courses drying out which is kind of exciting and it has got to the stage that I have had to program some fairway irrigation which is the first for a long time I can assure you. Even the root pruning on the side of the fairways is already starting to take effect and you can see distinct lines coming up between the areas where the roots are still active and those that are non-active. Photo below is of 11R fairway and the difference is quite distinct. I took the soil moisture meter out to check the levels and to be honest was pretty amazed to find the difference between the two sides. The area where the roots are still active was at 7% and the area where the roots have been severed was at 21.3% which is a massive difference. The root pruner may just be one of the best machines I think I've ever purchased.

Amazing diffrerence already.

 

Readout from area on right.

Readout from area on left.