COURSE UPDATE
FRIDAY 23RD
APRIL
Yes another week of
rain and more rain. Although we have had nearly
sixty ml of rain over the last 48 hours the course
has held up quiet well.
BUNKERS
Some of the bunkers
have been adversely affected again with water
damage but the good news is that most of the
bunkers that were topped up with sand over the
last few weeks have survived much better than
before and with some repairs undertaken by the
staff yesterday and today most of them will be
back in play tomorrow. There will however be some
bunkers staked tomorrow as they will take a little
longer to dry out. We are currently carrying out
some repairs to the drainage system in the bunker
on the 15th and hopefully it will be
back in play later next
week.
GREENS
We have had a fault
with the settings on two of the greens mowers
which has occurred intermittently over the last
few days and has slightly damages some of the
greens on the old course. These two mowers have
been returned to the manufacturer for repairs and
resetting. Both mowers should be returned today
fully operational and available to mow greens
tomorrow morning prior to commencement of
competition play. Members may notice some damage
on some of the greens on the old course tomorrow,
the damage is minor and, like a bad haircut, will
be self rectifying in about a
week.
Members will notice
that vandals have caused some damage on the
25th green. They poured a small amount
of chlorine on the surface of the front of green
two Friday nights ago which caused a small amount
of damage. They returned last Friday night and
tried to etch some sort of message onto the green
with a more of the chemical. If this damage
occurred in a couple of months’ time it could have
been repaired quickly with grass from the new
nursery. Unfortunately the grass on the nursery is
not quiet mature enough to transplant at this
point in time. It will take some time for this
damage to be repaired and grow
out.
MOTORISED
CARTS
The course has dried
out well and at this stage and motorised carts
will be allowed on course on the weekend. Please
keep in mind and observe the directional signage
on the course whilst driving the motorised
carts.
LOCAL RULES FOR
THE
WEEKEND
We will be finalising
the local rules later this afternoon and they will
be posted on the Local Rules Board near the
starters’ box as usual. At this stage the local
rules for tomorrow will be similar to those in
place last
weekend.