A bit of a wild week weather wise with some gusty winds, cold temperatures and the southern lights to top it off.  Weeks like this are always a bit frustrating when the wind swings 180 degrees almost daily so the mess from the leaf litter is magnified.

The River greens have recovered well from the renovation although that is in part due to the weather we experienced which meant we couldn't do as much to the greens as we would have liked.  The West greens renovation is scheduled for next week and the forecast has seemed to shift in our favour a little with not too much rain predicted early next week. 

Players in Wednesday's comp would have seen the helicopter flying relatively low for around an hour in the middle of the day.  They were doing an aerial survey of the course which will result in the Club receiving a topographical plan of the entire property that has a very small tolerance which will enable any future course works to be planned knowing the ground levels.  While they were up there they took some panoramic shots as per below and the clarity of the photo's is nothing short of amazing

60kmh wind gusts = no worries!!

The flight path!!

 

Great view!!

 

In the high res version you can see the balls on the green.

The photos don't come up as clearly when reduced to a size suitable for the Blog but the originals are clear enough to get the number of the Members cart that isn't on the path adjacent to the green on 15R!!

 

Please use the cart paths!!