Gailes Course Update
The green keeping team have worked well and have shown good commitment carrying out their tasks on a daily basis which I think showed for the April Medal & the Edward Trophy.
Mild liquid fertilisers will continue to be applied to greens, tees, surrounds, approaches, fairways & semi-rough, our wetting agent programme will continue to the same areas within the course excluding semi-rough. Semi – rough does not receive any irrigation therefore it would be a waste of product, time and money applying wetters to these areas, to install irrigation within the semi-rough would cost around 200k to 300k.
The greens, tees, approaches & surrounds will receive their first compound fertiliser which will be organic based low nitrogen fertiliser, the new 6th tee will receive slightly more fertiliser than the other tees just to help the turf recovery on the tee. The 6th tee will take another few months to grow in and establish good root growth, we need to be patient and remember this tee was only completed 5 months ago most of which time were the cold dormant winter months.
Greens & approaches will continue to be top dressed lightly with sand every 3 to 4 weeks, due to how busy the course is where possible this might be carried out later in the day.
