Goodbye to Winter

Another dry week has seen us bring Winter to a close by actually having to run two reduced irrigation cycles on greens and tees. Overnight we have used the water in the irrigation holding tank on the course so as to empty the tank to allow for it to be cleaned by contractors. This has involved the removal of the sludge build-up from the base of the tank(@250mm), pressure washing of the walls and flushing of the tank with clean water.

As you can see from the table below we have had a much drier and warmer August than last year and it will be interesting to see if we continue this trend throughout the coming Spring.

	August 2011	August 2010	average
Rainfall	102.5 mm	181 mm	112.5 mm
Year to Date	626 mm	601.5 mm	607 mm
No. of rain days	12	21	-
Average Temp.	15.9°C	12.5°C	-
Average Humidity	73.9%	82.4%	-