Wednesday 10th April 2013.

Recently some work was completed on the approach to the 7th green. Members may have noticed for some time a wet area developing near the bunkers even through the hot months.

This water was accumulating in the very thick thatch/mat layer under the turf and this required physical removal as no amount of surface coring would have given us a satisfactory result.

This area was dug out, new sand incorporated and returfed.

 

 

There was a significant amount of organic matter under turf layer and this was impeding free drainage through to the underlying sand. This photo shows the thickness of this layer.