New bunkers

You will be glad to know, we have just finished constructing 2 new bunkers! One on the 2nd hole just off the left side of the fairway and the other at the back of the 13th green. At the 2nd, the bunker is located around 250 yards from the white tees in a spot where a lot of wayward tee shots end up, this bunker will now call for greater accuracy from the longer hitters off the tee. On the 13th, the new bunker will catch over hit approach shots, leaving a tricky bunker shot back to a green sloping away from you. We also installed a new drain at the edge of the green on 13 which should help dry up that area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Aerification

Today we began hollow tining our greens. This is the process where we take a small core from the greens and replace it with new sand. It is extremely beneficial to the turf and much called for after a long wet Winter. Tomorrow we plan to top dress the greens. Also as part of our Spring aerification programme, we plan to solid tine tees and approaches and Verti-drain fairways, which will set us up nicely for the coming season.