Round 1 prep is in the books…thankful to @LondonHuntClub Members for welcoming the Grounds Team for post set-up tournament breakfast. The staff are extremely grateful for your support, are fuelled up and ready to be back at 4:30 am Saturday…. 🙏👏✅
Infrastructure inputs only matter when it counts…all the more reason to continue preparing golf courses for the inevitable…Member/Member Day 1 starts in 2 hours ✅🙏👏 #drainage#trees#drillnfill#deeptine@Billy_Bunker
1d 11:55:41 until Member/Member…using the NEW @GreenKeeperApp whiteboard with the added “Team Breakfast” added to the banner, 30 minutes post tournament start…a few speedy friends visited me this morning along with a “Tuxedo Cut” 👍👏🙏
The unsung heroes at tennis…not only do they manually sweep the courts late at night but they enjoy taking on extra, non glamorous assignments…they work well together…thanks guys from your friends at Grounds ✅👏 #teamwork
An old tool for many but a NEW tool for us @TurfTrainer ….whether greens, collars, approaches or tees, we have noticed some texture and debris harvesting benefits…keeping them clean
Popping out the “alfalfa pellets”…going to rotate a crew weekly to help improve surface OM plus water infiltration over the long haul…no sand needed in this process during high skies…roll and water 🪣💦✅
No precipitation in 12 days with high E.T’s, low dew points, low humidity & high skies…lost 6mm x 12 or 72mm (3”)…running deficit irrigation scheduling across the course to save 💦 ..traffic management is key, bringing back the European hoops 😉👊
Our crew have experience during renovations…this video from 3 years ago helped them with today’s sod seems on hole 14. Expanding this fairway to the left…✅👏
Simple wins require observation & a little effort…the clay 🎾 tennis court “Tread Buster” needed more than impervious pavers…NEW drainage sump with stone border does the job …drainage line will daylight into Hemlocks ♻️
3rd season for test nurseries…NTEP varieties, dense canopies, withholding inputs, feeling/watching/monitoring behaviours. Summer cultural pending temperature and growth. Brush added texture/grip 💭🤔✂️
Effort before the Crew even begin regular chores…Oak tassels are prolific across the board…every bunker and green require cleaning before finish…I’d say they did well…🙏👌👏✅