A very successful project on 4 and 10W fairways this week with the "Topmaker" machine going over them.  It is the first time I have used the machine here and really couldn't believe just how much material we pulled out of the two fairways.  They are already showing some green shoots and recovery is expected to be rapid and optional tee up will be in play for a while until we get a surface back.  There is no problem driving carts or walking on the treated areas but if you take a divot please use some sand to refill it.  Unfortunately the outlook outage means I can't load a video of the works but last weeks video is a very good guide.

The club recently purchased a new spray unit and this week we had some intensive training on the new unit.  It is the same base model as we have had previously but this one has GPS guidance added and I have to say our initial training / trial work has left all our operators suitably impressed.  It also has an "autosteer" option included which means hands free operation!!  Yes hands free.  Not quite autonomous but a major step towards it.  It's use is optional but when spraying fairways it will make the application literally "centimetre perfect", but is a bit un-nerving to start with.

West greens renovation start on Monday and we are hoping for some good weather to help us along and hopefully the predicted rainfall numbers are in an afternoon storm.