1/4/17. Please Repair Pitch marks and rake bunkers , repairing pitch marks will help to keep a smoother putting surface and help damaged grass to recover quicker. Raking bunkers after use by pushing sand back over tracks as you come out of the bunker (don't rake the sand with you ) , this helps keep the sand from building up at edges . Keeping bunkers raked will help the next player if they land in the bunker (nothing worse than landing in unraked tracks) .
This is a video showing the correct way to rake a bunker , please can you use this technique when out on the courses please. Thank you , this helps other members and the Greenstaff ;-) . If you stay on the link you will move onto other key videos regarding a golf course , like repairing your pitch marks .
3/4/17. A big thank you to all the volunteers who done a fantastic job over the weekend by cleaning around clubhouse, shoe cleaner ,buggies and bins , picking up balls on the range and spot raking bunkers on swailend for medal . They deserve a mention , so thank you to Manson Merchant, Mike Macleod , Paul Henderson and Andrew Chan .
3/4/17. Steps at the 12th hole on Swailend needed some attention.
3/4/17. So now they have been sorted .
8/4/17. Both sets of steps have been sorted at the 12th tees on Swailend and new anti slip grip cladding been put on .
8/4/17. Swailend 4th tees getting a good water .
A big thank you to the two volunteers over the last 2 weekends . Graham Gordon for cleaning around the clubhouse on Sunday the 9th and Mike Macleod for picking up balls on the range on Sunday 16th .
22/3/17. Turf getting laid down on the 12th tee on Hawkshill.
24/3/17. Turf getting laid on the 4th tee on Swailend .
22/3/17. Hawkshill 12th tee. Bankings getting turfed .
27/3/17. Hawkshill 12th tee looking good ,
29/3/17 . First Medal hole change of the year. Greens are looking good . Topdressing of greens will commence next week from Monday the 3rd of April, which will help smooth out the surfaces .
29/3/17. Tee board signage getting re-cemented in at 9th tees Hawkshill.. Also the four tees at the 9th have been all topdressed.
30/3/17. Course looking good when grass starts to get a decent cut .
30/3/17. Drainage lateral extended at the 8th hole on Swailend .
17/3/17. Blocked drain between the 1st green and pond on Hawkshill. Problem was identified by the two bunkers at green being full of water . Pipe that goes into pond was checked with drain rods to discover a blockage . so immediate action was taken to fix it.
17/3/17, Water bubbling out from drainage stones.
17/3/17. Water was coming into the hole so quick we had to pump water out to inspect fault . The pipe was blocked and blockage cleared. We now just need to fix pipe connection and fill the hole up and re turf .
20/3/17. Drain at 18th on Swailend in rough had to get sorted as a stone drain collapsed . New lateral was also put in to catch water along tree edge.
20/3/17 . New terra spike machine out giving Swailend greens a decent aerate to relieve compaction in the rootzone .
15/3/17. Tee at the 4th on Swailend getting screened (levelling).
15/3/17. Bankings at the 4th tee on Swailend also getting landscaped .
15/3/17. 12th tee on Hawkshill getting screened . Turf for the top of the tee will arrive on Tuesday , and will be laid down on the Wednesday .
15/3/17.Drainage work on the 12th hole on Hawkshill getting started .
15/3/17.12th Hole Hawkshill . Lateral from edge of fairway into side drain that runs up length of the hole in the rough .
16/3/17. Hawkshill 12th . Root break areas , turf removed as all thatched up . These areas of thatched grass act like a sponge and hold water so they never dry out and are always podgy .
12th hole rough on Hawkshill. Root break areas removed ,drain put in . These areas will be soiled up and re turfed.
16/3/17. Bunker at 10th Swailend finished , sand in play with the turf being Gur.
Please note that Fairway mats on the Hawkshill course will no longer be required from Saturday the 25th of March.