COURSE UPDATE TUESDAY 9^TH MARCH

Hello there Members, Ladies and Gents

I thought it would be appropriate to give everyone an update of the condition of the course and the remedial work that is currently being undertaken by our staff.

We received in excess of 250mm of rain on the course from Sunday the 28^th of Feb to last Friday. This is in addition to the rain we received over the previous weeks. Unfortunately any rain we are or are going to receive over the next few weeks will sit on the top of the ground as the course is draining very slowly at this point in time.

Last week the staff could only mow the greens as the rest of the course was inaccessible for any machinery. Yesterday the staff were able to mow the tees and commence mowing the surrounds of the greens on the front nine. The back right and back of the forth green was and is not able to be mown at this stage because it is too wet for the mowers to operate safely. This will be the case on some of the other greens on course as the staff get to these areas. The staff are continuing to mow the greens surrounds where possible on the middle and third nine today. Selected fairways or fairways that are not waterlogged are also being targeted for mowing today and the rest of the week. We expect to be able to perform a one cut only on about 60% of our fairways by the end of today.

Whilst currently concentrating on the fairways we have been unable to mow any of the rough areas to date. We expect to be able to commence this later in the week, weather permitting.

Unfortunately the bunkers will be out of play for at least another week. The good news is that the rebuilt bunkers on the 1^st, 4^th, 8^th and the 14^th could be currently in play and the other good news is that the drainage in the partially completed bunkers on the 5^th, 9^th and the 11^th holes all drained well during the rain.

The bridge on the 2^nd hole was partially washed away but is passable. The new road base path we recently laid on the 7^th has been partially washed away but is trafficable. There is a large log deposited, by flood water, in the gully in front of the ladies 7^th tee. We may not have the time to remove this by tomorrow. The access to the bridge at the back of the 8^th green has been damaged and needs to be repaired before carts may regain access. The access to the bridge on the 11^th has been damaged but is trafficable. More erosion has occurred on the right hand side of the bridge on the 20th hole although not as bad as occurred previously.

The flat areas of the 14^th and 15^th fairway, as most would be aware, is currently very waterlogged. The flat area of the18^th although it is wet, and the 19^th fairway are draining much better now that the drainage in these areas has been reworked.

Where are we at currently with playing golf?

Although there are no buggies on course, the ladies played this morning.

It is anticipated that there will be no buggies allowed on the course until at least the weekend.

The bunkers will be out of play until next week.

Tomorrows Competition for the men and Thursday for the Ladies

At this stage there will be no motorised buggies permitted, one club length preferred lie, and compulsory tee-up through the green and bunkers will be out of play.

You can all see that I haven't got a degree in journalism but I will do my best to keep everyone as informed as possible until we get back to normality.

Regards

Leo Scott

Captain