Course Conditions

February Course Report

With the start of the year we experienced heavy snow fall, which set us back on the course improvement work. The good news is the greenstaff  have caught up and we hope to have all the new features in play for early March.

During the period of snow we have been kept busy refurbishing markers, post, benches and a fresh coat of paint to our mess room. The clubs machinery has a complete overhaul over the winter months every year, which includes sharpening and servicing.

You may of noticed that we have installed safety rails on all our bridges and positioned a new winter tee mat on the 8th.

The snow has not stopped us from pruning  the gorse down the 16th and further areas of over grown bramble have been cut back.

We were fortunate to get most of the course improvements and turfing done before the snow fall, but the 11th hollow / pond is still to be turfed as we had to install a drain for this area to dry out.

During February we intend to start work on putting sand into the new bunkers and refurbing the old ones.

A new feature has also been created over the winter, the 11th dyke. Gone are the beeches brook style hedges and replaced with 2500 heather plants. Heather has also  been planted on the 16th; please retrieve your ball with caution from these areas as the plant will take some time to establish.

Graeme Macdonald
Course Manager