November 2016

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Wentworth Greenkeeping support team 2016

Congratulations again to Brett and Steve who have been selected for the second year running to be part of the 'European Tour' Greenkeeping support team at Wentworth at the end of May.
Well done to Ollie too who was on standby but has now been asked to work day one of the tournament.

This gives the boys fantastic experience working and supporting in one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world.

May 2016

Grass cutting now in full flow with temperatures starting to rise..
All bunkers have now been weeded and tidied up for the first time this year.

This week we will be over seeding and top dressing the greens..

April

Finally It's feeling like spring and the grass is starting to grow.. Course finally starting to dry up too allowing us to cut some rough and put some stripes around the place...

Good luck to everyone taking part in the masters this week!!!

14th March

Main 18 greens top dressed to nearly complete the greens maintenance on them.
Overseeding and fertilisation will follow over the next couple of weeks.

March - Greens Work

Monday 7th of March is the planned start date of the greens maintenance...

Scarification, spiking, top dressing, seeding and fertilising will all be taking place throughout this busy week.

Please be patient around us when possible!! Thanks..

The boys :)

15th Feb 2016

After a couple of frosty mornings and a few other methods (including Colin the Cat haha) being tested out we've finally started minimising the crow damage on and around greens...

In other news - Spring is slowly coming around along with greens maintenance which is planned to start on Monday March the 7th. Further information on this will follow closer to the time.

February 2016

After probably the busiest January we've ever had due to continued crow damage and wet weather weather we finally move in to February and closer to spring and greens maintenance.
At the end of January myself, Brett and Ollie did manage to get away for two days to go on lots of work courses in Harrogate at the country's Greenkeeping exhibition.
As well as learning lots, keeping up to date with the latest legislation and new machinery on the market, we also got to do a bit of networking. Oh and a well deserved cheeky beer at night :)
Below are some of the seminars we attended continuing our Cpd qualifications.....

Happy new year to everyone!!!

The first couple of weeks of 2016 has seen us battle everyday with crow damage and also severe wet areas in some parts of the course.
The crows have been very active looking for chafer grubs and at the same time causing a lot of work for us.
They don't seem to be scared by scare crows, golfers or even gun shots and the chemical/insecticide we normally use to minimise chafer grubs has currently been taken off the market and is no longer for sale. Imidacloprid is the active ingredient in merit turf which we have used in the past.

We are hoping that the cold weather which is forecast over the next few weeks should hopefully slow their activity down abit.
All the surrounds and greens will be heavily over seeded and top dressed early spring and we're confident all the damaged areas will come back better than ever.
Please see below photos of damage and the grubs they are searching for.