Frank our apprentice who has been with us for around three months will tell you where he is and what he's doing. Backed off the mowing slightly this week so it gave us an opportunity to get the practice tee divoted. We'll stuck at lads 👍

Chipping away at verti draining greens over the next week or so without disrupting any golf. 1"2 tines to a depth of around 7". Will just relive a bit of compation and let the greens breath, will aid root development as well.

Fourth spray of the week already! Wetting agent/ root drench mix today. Tee's, approaches and green surrounds are the other areas we have sprayed this week with a foliar feed growth reg mix. These mixes are a nice follow up to some intense mowing the last few weeks

Hope these four ( WGC Greenkeepers ) didn't let the course down today!! Good lads and everyone gets on 🤣👍

All approaches verti drained this week and looking well. Tee's have had there mid season wetting agent along with some fairway selective spraying. Greens had a micro groom at the beginning of week. Some tree pruning as well. Busy!!

Work underway I put in more drainage on slope from red 3rd tee to fairway. Hole playing as par 3 from temporary tee in fairway - hope to be finished Wednesday / Thursday. WHS scoring not active in this period.

The office this morning from 5am looking pretty good.

Experimenting with a run in/off left hand side 11th, work in progress.

Sprayed the remaining 9 fairways today for weeds. We were hoping not to but the weeds have kept coming. All bunker edges and banks have been sprayed for weeds today also.

All tee's have been aerated to a depth of around 4". Combination of verti drai and pro core. Should help get the moisture in.

The new irrigation system is working fantastically well but it will never stop the need to hand water at certain times, all part of moisture management. Been out three mornings this week concentrating on hot spots.

Course maintenance week - great weather window to allow work on greens, green collars and green approaches. Monday 12/8 holes 1-9 closed. Tuesday 10-18 closed. Wednesday 1-9 closed. Thursday 10-18 closed. Friday all holes open.

Thanks to all members for your patience in this period

All course maintenance week operations completed - all 18 holes back open. Usual tee protocols and WHS scoring back wef Friday 16/8/24. Thanks to members for their patience 👍

Two items follow:- 1/. **For your safety**. The tree on left of 14th fairway approx 100yds from 14th red tee has split. It will remain cordoned off until a decision can be made on its future. Golfers must NOT retrieve golf balls from within the cordon under any circumstances.

2/. **Advance warning**. On Monday 16/9 & Tuesday 17/9, 8th hole to play around to the right to practice chipping green. This is to allow for some additional drainage works to the main 8th approach & upper part of the fairway. WHS scores will still apply on those dates.

Practice putting green and surround refinement coming on nicely

All the best to greens team member Charlie Baker who is going back to Aus 🇦🇺 to work at The Australian GC in Sydney and hoping for a more permanent placement. Thanks for your contribution to WGC - not only this summer but in the past too 👍👏👏 Keep in touch.....

Approx 250m of new drains ripped into the 8th with more to go in on Tuesday. Great effort despite a couple of breakdowns 💪

Agronomy visit took place yesterday - thanks to Michael Boyes for his advice. All efforts are focussed on getting us through the winter and into next season in good shape.