Friday 13th June 2014.
I have been requested to publish stimpmeter readings on the blog for those members interested and shall do so once/week generally on a Friday. They shall also be displayed on the Local Rules board outside the Men's changerooms.
Readings are conducted on the same area of a designated green to achieve consistency with these readings from one week to the next. Obviously the goal in preparing putting surfaces is to make them as consistent as possible but this his very hard to achieve due to many factors that influence speed such as age, thatch levels, design contours etc.
Green speed this Friday are at 11'8" which fits into the medium to fast range.
Very Fast 13' - ^
Fast 12' - 13'
Med / Fast 11' - 12'
Medium 10' - 11'
Slow 9' - 10'
Very Slow 8' - 9'
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Monday 9th June 2014.
By now most members would be aware of the damage to the 8th and 12th greens, 12th and 13th fairways and 8th tee that was caused by idiots in their car on Tuesday 28th May overnight.
Needless to say, staff were mortified when we realised what had happened to our course and we contacted Police to report the incident and have them attend the scene for forensic purposes.
Once this was completed we set to the task of repairing the damage.
We now finally find ourselves at the point where we have done what we can to repair the damage and now just await the grow-in of the new turf.
Both these greens are now fully in play with Local Rules applying for relief should your ball finish on an area of new turf. To hasten recovery we ask members avoid walking on new turf where possible.
Obviously these areas will play differently for some time but we shall continue to nurture these sites over the coming months. They will take some time to fully recover due to the time of year.
I thank my staff for their efforts over the past fortnight or so. They worked quickly to get the greens in particular back into play.
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By now most members would be aware of the damage to the 8th and 12th greens, 12th and 13th fairways and 8th tee that was caused by idiots in their car on Tuesday 28th May overnight.
Needless to say, staff were mortified when we realised what had happened to our course and we contacted Police to report the incident and have them attend the scene for forensic purposes.
Once this was completed we set to the task of repairing the damage.
We now finally find ourselves at the point where we have done what we can to repair the damage and now just await the grow-in of the new turf.
Both these greens are now fully in play with Local Rules applying for relief should your ball finish on an area of new turf. To hasten recovery we ask members avoid walking on new turf where possible.
Obviously these areas will play differently for some time but we shall continue to nurture these sites over the coming months. They will take some time to fully recover due to the time of year.
I thank my staff for their efforts over the past fortnight or so. They worked quickly to get the greens in particular back into play.
8th Green.
12th Green.
Early morning clean-up and repair of the greens surface.
Following the re-turfing and patching.
At grow-in stage today.
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