April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

Unfortunately we've been getting a lot more than a few showers, the total rainfall recorded at Citywest for April was 111mm, the national average rainfall for April in past years is 51mm. We received almost that amount last Wednesday and Thursday, the pictures below are from Thursday morning. Needless to say the course is very wet and a little muddy as a result. We are doing our best to make sure the course dries out as soon as possible by ensuring our drains are all clean and working correctly, slit-tining fairways to relieve compaction and applying extra sand to wear areas etc. Hopefully Mother Nature is kinder in May!

Top dressing greens

Top dressing greens is a necessary evil, as it may irritate our members to putt on the sandy surfaces on the day of the application, but we can assure you this process is absolutely necessary and it greatly benefits our greens. Regular top dressing helps produce a smooth firm putting surface. The sand protects the crown of the plant which allows for reduced mowing heights. It also reduces the thatch layer.

We lightly top dressed all of our greens today, it was a lovely dry day and the sand brushed into the surface nicely, it should be virtually unnoticeable tomorrow.