The prolonged winter conditions have really hit home this week with last weekend seeing the course being closed due to heavy snow fall and running into Monday also being closed. that said the snow did move allowing us to re-open on Tuesday. We have made a great effort this week to complete outstanding renovation projects giving us a good run of maintenance work coming into the spring period.

The 9th Lodge fairway is now complete and we will be looking to open this hole fully over the coming weeks.

The renovations to the 5th Highgate are now complete with only the sand to be put into the bunkers remaining. The picture below shows the finished LH bunker. Please be reminded that all new turfing areas are to be treated at GUR and balls lying on these areas are to be lifted and droped in the drop zones provided.

We have also used heather and descampsia plugs from our heather nursery to patch in on bunker faces. With this we are trying to encourage a more natural feel to some of our older bunkers.



The new path around the back of the 16th Highgate is almost complete, in the picture below the path is complete minus the 4mm-dust path topping.

We have also been able to complete scarifying work amongst the clearing we have completed at the 17th Lodge tee area, this will enable the regeneration of the heather.

Once conditions had improved at the end of the week we were able to pedestrian cut all greens at 5.5mm, rake all bunkers and divot tees. We are very much hoping that the coming weeks will bring some improved weather conditions and therefore help us to further improve the playing conditions coming into the spring period.