About the only thing all this rain is good for is to wash in the fertiliser that was put out this week.  A very healthy 6 tonne of fertiliser was applied to all tees and fairways on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and there is hardly a prill left in sight with the constant rain moving it into the soil profile.  As mentioned last week this application is about getting as much growth as possible as we move into the cooler months and from the look of the fairways at the moment we are well on track.  We do have a long cooler season with good growth not really starting until October so the more good days we get now the better so as to maintain the soil temperatures as high as possible.  It is generally the second half of April that sees the temperatures drop so hopefully we get to see some sun soon.

At least we haven't had the volume of rain that has poured down on the Sunshine Coast with most areas up there receiving more than 1400mm since January 1.  Last Wednesday there wasn't a single golf course open up there apparently.  We stand at 795mm YTD which is bad enough and we have recorded rain on twenty two days in March.

One thing the rain is definitely not good for is the irrigation project.  Another day lost to weather this week and work continued on 7W which is one of our wettest fairways which is certainly not ideal in these conditions.  7W should be finished on Wednesday and then we move to 6W.  At this stage it is proceeding well with no real major issues although there have been lots of small ones.  The pump shed build has been completed and now we wait on the pump set to be built which could be as long as three months.  Our current pumps are handling both the new and old systems and the new one won't really be required until we get to some of the larger diameter pipework closer to the pump shed.