This week and next are all about getting the courses ready for the four day Christmas holiday weekend and then the expected hordes of players that will descend on us thru January.  Not that we can fit many more people on!!  One of the issues with the holiday golfers is that they are often playing their only game for the year and etiquette is a foreign word so we are expecting some damage as we always get.

Part of the prep work is getting the growth regulator out on all playing surfaces to try and reduce mowing.  All bunkers and paths will have been trimmed and had growth regulator applied to reduce the need for trimming again in amongst the play.  All our plant protectants are up to date so hopefully there won't be any surprises over the holidays either.  We will continue our weed control which this week saw the greens surrounds on both courses receive an application with the resultant ''tip burn'' clearly evident.

Fortunately Cyclone Jasper fizzled into a predominantly rain event and hopefully any further cyclones stay well north of us although we could do with some rain at the moment.  It was a classic radar image with the cyclone virtually circling in a clockwise direction.  Always amazing to watch but not too pleasant when you're underneath it.

Classic ''eye'' of the storm radar.