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What’s Going On?
Firstly I’ll start with an apology.
I apologise for not keeping you better informed and for the
way parts of the course look.
Right that’s that out of the way.
Why are the greens, tees and surrounds looking so
stressed? A few
weeks ago we had a terminal occurrence with the automated irrigation
system, which meant we could only hand water.
It so happened that this failure occurred during the hottest,
driest period we have experienced since 1929.
We contracted an irrigation company, at considerable cost, to
replace the computer controller and electrical decoders in all
irrigation points, and to replace damaged cables.
Unfortunately, due to various circumstances, this work was
unable to be started until start of July, just over 3 weeks since
the system went down. We
were therefore without an automated system for almost 4 weeks.
This is what has caused the greens, tees and surrounds to
suffer as they have. The
system is now functioning and we have been irrigating for just over
a week and I hope you have noticed some improvement.
Obviously we will continue to irrigate for the rest of the
summer. The grass is not
dead, merely stressed and should recover fairly quickly.
As you will notice we have hollow tined the
surrounds, these we will be seeding and then top dressing with green
waste. The green waste
will hopefully improve the very poor soil we have surrounding our
greens and aid in the germination of the grass seed.
Please be assured that no one cares more about the
Course than I do, and I more than anyone want it to look and play at
its’ best. So I’ll
apologise again for not keeping you more informed and will endeavour
to do so more in the future.
Regards
Kevin Morris |
