We have also cored the greens again with a 6mm hollow tine since my last post. The brush also stands the grass up so we cut off the longer pieces of grass levelling the grass providing a smoother surface. We can achieve the same results by vertical cutting. Below is a clip of the brush moving the sand into the canopy and filling the core holes.
All the grass showing through in the new bunkers has been sprayed with a herbicide (Glyphosate) which will take a few weeks to work due to the slow uptake because of the low temperatures.
On the subject of bunkers here are a few tips on how to prepare a bunker for the following golfer:
- Please don't rake the bunker with your golf club or foot. (this has been seen right next to a rake)
- Please don't rake the bunker while holding your golf club.
- Please do not pull the sand to the back edge of the bunker. We are trying to preserve the edges of the new bunkers to keep them sharp and pristine and if the sand is pulled right over the edge the edges will die and we loose the shape of the bunker.
- Don't leave the bunker with our raking it at all.
- Always rake the bunkers with two hands with a light pushing motion. Refrain from pulling the sand into heaps/mounds especially to the back edge.
- Replace the rake inside the bunker with the tip of the handle upon the edge of the bunker making it easier for the following golfer to pick up.
- When leaving the bunker tap the excess sand from you shoes so sand is not transported to the turf.
- Always remember to leave the bunker as you would wish to find it.
Other news
We have started divoting the tee's starting with the worse, all the tee's will be finished in the next couple of weeks.
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