Course Renovations and Upcoming Works
The current local rule of preferred lies in the bunker will be removed this Saturday 5th September for the monthly medal. The rakes will be returned and we would ask all members to rake the bunkers following play. The green staff are now raking bunkers on a weekend to improve the presentation of the course, so please make every effort to rake the area you have played from and leave the bunker the way you found it.
Greens renovations went very well and the weather has been kind to date. The recovery for the greens during the cooler months is a little slower, so it will take around four weeks for the greens to recover and a little longer to get back to the greens speeds we are used too.
Local Rule:
Repair of aeration holes on the putting green, under rule 13.1c- (2) you are not permitted to repair aeration holes or verti-mowing grooves. However, the match committee has decided to re-introduce a local rule, which allows a person to take relief from a core hole, max 3cm, no nearer the hole.
The green surrounds are currently being scarified and cored and this should take around 1 week to complete. This is a messy renovation, however, the recovery is quick and the greens surrounds will bounce back with the definition becoming very clear. The fairway renovations begin this Sunday with the contractors to commence scarifying the fairways in the afternoon. We are looking to be finished by Monday afternoon. Once the scarifying is complete, Sam will core the fairways with the large verti-drain. These cores are left on the surface to dry, then rubbed into the grass to give a light top dressing. The cores which are left on the surface always cause a lot distress to golfers. We recommend walking down the rough during this period.
Please be patient during the renovation. This is part of the annual practice and the big reason why our fairways are so good for the majority of the year. The entire green staff team will be working on the fairways next week, which will include the big Wednesday and Thursday competition days. We hope to complete the renovation in a little over a week, weather permitting. Preferred lies will be in play for the coming weeks as well as the “line of sight rule” for working machinery. If your line of play is in the direct line of the large coring machine, you are permitted to move side-ways, though no nearer the hole, to improve safety.
