Fore The Golfer: Frost Delays and Turfgrass Health

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Getting some rootzone out to our new bunkers at the 13th.

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Today we started part of our winter maintenance programme. We have put a single line drain into the centre of our 8th green, this will connect into a 80 metre ring drain going around the green. We stumbled across various problems whilst doing our ring drain. Due to having huge slabs/bolders of rock in our Sandy loam soil the drain run came up untidy. This will give us a little more tidying up than planned but were confident it will look good on completion. Tomorrow the lads will continue to complete drainage work whilst we also start the re-shaping and designing of the 13th bunkers. Updates will be posted on here.

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That's all the greens cored and top-dressed. Sorry for the inconvenience this causes but it's an essential part of our agronomy programme that helps the long term condition of our surfaces. Now we will let nature take its coarse 🌧🌦 before we put an autumn feed on them. We will then roll the surfaces, stimulating lateral growth which will help tighten the sward back up. Thanks for your patience.

Professional's Day Results 1st G Johnston,J Johnston,D Wright 50.7, 2nd A Crawford, C Ross, J Cairns 51.8, 3rd M Kedar,D Glendinning,A Palfreyman 52, Ladies Teams, 1st A Mitchell,S Sutherland,M Anthony, 54.8, 2nd F Hume,S Walker,A Crosbie 59.7, Vouchers and on course prize's to be collected from the shop ASAP. Thank you to all the members who came out and supported today's event it is very much appreciated,a big thanks to Steven and the catering staff for the BBQ and to Brian and his staff for setting up the course in such wonderful condition again.It was great to see the place so busy again play started at 7.30am and the last game finished at 7pm thanks again to everyone.

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Greens showing excellent recovery after a few days of heavy maintenance. This will put us in great shape for the months ahead.

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Today we started the process of scarifying! We removed almost half a tonne of organic matter per green. This task will go hand in hand with the overseeding plan tomorrow. We will be supplying the greens with a fescue/bent seed mix. Some seed will nestle into the grooves made from scarification and other seed will sit in the dimples made by the blec overseeder. We do these tasks together to maximize the germination outcome. The greens will then be topdressed and fed accordingly. The long term aim of these processes is to have better uniformity, increased consistency, and create more sustainable surfaces. We will be starting at 5am to minimize disruption. Thanks for your understanding.

Gents Silloth Results Scratch 1st Peter Whitecross/K Connachan 66, 2nd Harry Taylor/Paul Middleton 67, 3rd Alan Johnstone/D Moultray 68, Handicap 1st Lee Hamilton/Sol Belal 64, 2nd Mark Hunter/S logue 65 ( bih 31 ), 3rd Derek Reid/Alan Wall 65 ( bih 31.5 ) Could all winners please collect sweeps/vouchers and on course prizes from the Professionals shop ASAP. A big thanks to the following- Captain Brian O Neil and Vice Captain Alan Richardson you acted as starters on the day,Steven and the caterers for the BBQ and Brian and his staff for setting up the course in such wonderful condition and finally all the members who invited a guest along and took part.

Open Mixed Foursomes Result; 1st Scr K Millar/J McLean score 75 1st Handicap H Brown/W lawrie score 64 Matchplay Ties Scratch B O Neil/S Keith v S McLean/K Bell 10.00am K Millar/J McLean v W Harper/ R Brown 10.10am Handicap I Christie/D Christie v A Lamb/J Lamb 10.20am G Hume/M Hume v T Clark/M Clark Well done to all the winners and good luck to all playing in the matchplay games on Sunday. All prizes to be collected from the professional shop.

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After a prolonged spell of wet weather which made championship week a nightmare to work in never mind play in, we would like to thank everyone for the kind comments regarding the course condition. A big thanks goes out to the committee and members for coming out in numbers to make sure the knockout stages ran smoothly. Now's the time for us to let the greens breathe again as we verti-drained all surfaces at a depth of 7.5 inches. This procedure will be followed by top-dressing just over a tonne per green of medium/coarse sand. A granular feed will be applied to enable faster recovery.

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Best of luck to all playing in the championship qualifiers this weekend. Let's hope the rain stays off.

Good luck to Peter Whitecross,Josh Cairns,Ramzi Senussi,Scott Allison and Steven Harrhy who are playing away to Canmore in the 5th round of the Mail on Sunday National Golf Club Classic,best wishes from all at Liberton.