A very frustrating week for golfers and greenkeepers alike with some really annoying weather patterns happening recently.  Probably the worst one was when we got 30mm of rain in a dumping on Sunday night that virtually no one nearby received, particularly Kingscliff where a mere 3mm fell.  We are now just shy of a metre of rain YTD which is less than up on the Sunshine Coast but still frustrating.  It has really affected our programs across the board from spraying to mowing and raking.  The fertiliser we got out across the property the other week has certainly kicked in though we were too wet to mow most fairways and the growth has been prolific to say the least.  At least that's a good problem to have as we head towards winter.  1 and 9R fairways have stayed very wet and the recent high tides haven't helped that.

An all too familiar look on 1R fairway lately.  Only good for ducks.

The irrigation installation continues and despite some lost days due to the weather they are still proceeding well.  6W was completed yesterday and the mainline down the LHS of 5W was installed today.  6W is probably one of the boggiest holes we have so it was unfortunate that they were down there during such a wet spell.  They can't really pick and choose where they go as the work needs to be done in sequence to allow the pipe installation to be as uniform as possible.

It was all action @ 6W this week.

So four holes are now completed and tonight (well tomorrow morning) will see the new system being operated automatically for the first time.  And yes I will be coming in at 3am to watch!!