WEATHER
- There has only been 22mm of rain recorded for this month.
GREENS
- They have been sprayed with wetting agent, fungicide, and then fertilized.
- Greens were verti-cut and then top-dressed with sand, then drag-matted.
- Greens were double cut every day the week leading up to the Pro-Am and then cut and rolled on the morning.
COURSE GROOM
- Fertilise Fairways
- Fertilise tees
- Weed-eat Tee banks and streams also Ponds
- Spray paths and around trees with Round up
- Paint Tee marker Pads
- Spray o/b lines and Drop Zones
- Clean and mow around driving nets
- Weed-eat and fly-mow all bunkers
- Mid-mount hills at 120mm high
- Check and paint o/b pegs
- Streams were flail mowed
- Groom and push mow bunkers then rake
- Trim and edge concrete nibs
- Cut around sprinklers on greens, fairways, tees and drain boxes plus valve box
- Fairways were cut weekly.
- Tees were cut Mondays and Thursdays and tee pads were trimmed around and painted.
- Surrounds were cut weekly with the fairway mower.
- Rough was cut three times this month.
- The tees and surrounds plus par three key ways and fairways have been fertilized.
- All trees around the course have been sprayed around for weeds.
- New flags on the greens were replaced.
- The willows beside the 3rd fairway were trimmed.
- All bridges around the course were swept down.
MACHINERY
- The 3050 greens mower units will be sent to Parklands this month for new base-plates and reel grind.
- The 5510 fairway mower needs eight bearings replaced on the two back units.
- Order and replace light
NEXT MONTHS’ AGENDA
- Cut down two pines for fire- wood by 11th pond.
- Contour and turf the old bunker at the back of the 10th green.
- Remove old 4th blue tee and lay existing turf back down.
ANDY RUTTER
Course Superintendent
