Syringing the greens

Some greens are susceptible to dry spots. One way to overcome this is to water the dry areas ot some point throughout hot days. 

Temporary hole covers

We had previously covered this hole with some railway sleepers, however we did not overlap the edges enough (15-20cm) and some of the sleepers fell down into the hole.

The head greenkeeper sent us out to reinforce the covers by placing two long beams at the base and perpendicular to the existing beams. We overlapped these supporting beams at least 50cm on either side. Hopefully this will be sufficient to hold until we are ready to cover the hole permanently.

Bridge maintenance

One of the cross-beams on this bridge was starting to show signs of deterioration.  It was sagging and a slight crack was visible. This calls for immediate attention as it could result in an unnecessary accident.

The beam was replaced with another railway sleeper, however in order to keep the bridge uniform we placed the new beam at the end and put the end beam in place of the one that we removed. This means that all the beams are evenly worn in the centre of the bridge,  making it more aesthetically pleasing.

Heather conservation

This morning we sprayed a guide-line around some of the heather areas.

This is in order to prevent the machine operators from cutting into the heather bed.

A closeup view between the white line and the heather bed would reveal small shoots of heather plants that have  previously been mowed down.

Pin position alteration

This morning all the pin-positions on the greens were changed.

Our head greenkeeper advised that the pin should be no less than three paces (or the length of the pin) from the edge of the green.

He also said that one should try alternate the position of the pin between holes especially ones that immediately precede/follow one another.

As seen in the pictures,  any protruding leaf blades were trimmed in order to get the most clean-cut finish possible. When doing this, one should be extra cautious as trimming into soil could result in a brown coloured lip around the edge of the hole.