Welcome to the Course Maintenance blog for Blackwood Golf Club. The aim of this blog is to inform, educate and update on the work the course staff does to maintain and enhance the playing conditions for the enjoyment of the members. Check here throughout the year to get updates, news and view interesting pictures on what has been happening around the golf course.

Friday 16 December 2011

4th Fairway Mounding

New mounding on the righthand side of 4th fairway

This week has seen staff starting to form some low mounding in the rough on the righthand side of the 4th fairway. The mounds are being formed using the excess soil from the new irrigation installation on the 4th and 5th holes as a sub-base, they will then be capped with rootzone material and grassed with Santa Anna couch to provide a much improved lie compared to the bare dirt and tree roots that were abundant through the area.

Greens have again been mini-tined this week and also sprayed with an application of fungicide to control some areas of disease that appeared after the rainfall and high humidity we received over last weekend. Greens and tees have also been sprayed with wetting agent to aid with water infiltration over the Christmas period.
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