This week has been really busy for all of the greenkeeping team with the preparation of both courses for Captains week. All the staff have been great putting in extra hours to maintain pedestrian cutting on greens and tees for example.

We have been testing greens on a number of occasions during the week and are producing around 9.5 - 10 feet of pace on the greens. This is expected to rise slightly with a couple of extra rolls before the weekend, however the weather may have a big part to play in that! The greens are being cut daily at 4mm with pedestrian mowers, we are aiming to continue with the pedestrian mowing though next week and into next weekend for the Club Championship. We will maintain pace on the greens through further rolling.

I am always emphasising how important our aeration is in terms of creating healthy growing conditions within the soil and giving the finer grasses the correct environment to flourish in. the picture below shows a hole plug taken out of the 7th Green on lodge with root growth down aeration holes made by the verti drain, some 12" down! This is exactly what we are trying to achieve.