02/09/2026
On the course 18th - 31st August
Our usual feast or famine weather continues. With only 15mm(0.6") of rain falling in the first 17 days of this month, to 94mm(3.7") falling in the last 14 days of the month. This means 109mm(4.3") in total fell in August. As August draws to a close, it also marks the end of the meteorological Summer which was a great Summer weather-wise in my opinion. So the 92 days of June, July and August gave us 259mm(10.2") which on the face of it, doesn't seem as dry as it was perceived, but this rain fell in only 41 days where rain fell out of the 92 days, implying when it did rain, we got quite a lot in a short space of time.
The forecast for the foreseeable is to remain unsettled unfortunately but does suggest dry periods in between.
Jobs on the course:-
▪︎ Wetting agent and seaweed applied to the greens, tees and approaches
▪︎ Drains cleared in the 11th green under the caps. These tend to get covered with debris from grass clippings and sand, hence they work slower sometimes. A Quick clear and they work fine again.
▪︎ Clear a blocked drain on the 13th
▪︎ Liquid feed applied to the greens
▪︎ Leaves picked up with the Super 500. Leaves are falling early due to the extreme heat and drought conditions. It's a self defence of the trees and known as a false Autumn.
▪︎ T-Thatch and Rocastem applied to the greens, in preparation for the scarify planned for maintenance Monday on the 21st September
▪︎ Some before and after pictured of the 13th fairway and pitching green, showing how quickly things recover when the rains return.
Plans for the immediate future:-
▪︎ A very busy maintenance days are due on September 21st and 22nd September. We plan to Deep scarify, verti-cut, oversow with Bent seed and top dress the greens on the 21st, with another Air2G2 deep aeration on the 22nd.
Also, we plan to Verti-drain the fairways again on both days meaning the front 9 will closed on the Monday 21st and the back 9 closed on the Tuesday 22nd for safety reasons.
Finally, our digger driver is due in for 3 weeks( week commencing 21st, 28th September and 5th October) to do some more works. This has worked well the last couple of years, taking advantage of the drier conditions whilst using heavy machinery.
▪︎ When its dry enough we plan to cut back all the rough ready for winter, but importantly we need to collect as much of the clippings as possible. This prevents feeding the existing sword and over time should thin it out. So the Super 500 will be used for this task.
