How's your course bearing up in this exceptionally wet weather?

Ours remains open except in all but the worst conditions. But the heavy rain is shutting us down but I think that's the same for all the courses in the area.
We were discussing this last night at our AGM and our club is draining a lot better than it was two years ago. Amazing the difference a new head greenkeeper can make.
 
Robster59 said:
Ours remains open except in all but the worst conditions. But the heavy rain is shutting us down but I think that's the same for all the courses in the area.
We were discussing this last night at our AGM and our club is draining a lot better than it was two years ago. Amazing the difference a new head greenkeeper can make.
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So it wasn't a mistake not promoting the very experienced number 2? ;)
 
Have hardly set foot on it this year as it's been mostly closed. Just hammering down day after day after day...???

At a guess, the 18th fairway will probably look a bit like this just now...
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huds1475 said:
Feel you mate. Been up in Workington Monday to Thursday. Never been drenched so quickly and its relentless.

Is a relief to get back to the lighter rain in Manchester!!
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I live in Workington, nothing but light showers!

Seriously the last couple of days have been bad, even Silloth has been closed since yesterday.
 
Mu usual course normally drains pretty well. Hasn't really stopped raining for any length of time for the last 2 weeks so cant see it being open.
 
BackCountryBob said:
Mind you Martyn, that part of the course is pretty boggy even in summer on the airport side of the hole. Don't think it was that bad when the old railway marshalling yard was there and that was then the 3rd green in the background!!
Much preferred the old layout before the now defunct airport was built.
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Interesting Bob. I knew the layout changed because of the airport but wasn’t playing golf back then. You can still see what looks like an original tee box halfway down the hill on the left of the 8th fairway. Visited the marshalling yards as a kid which was quite something. Keen to find out about the original layout, course website doesn’t have any layout maps I can see?
 
Robster59 said:
Our very experienced number 2 is highly motivated and appreciates he's learning a lot since our new head greenkeeper arrived. In fact, all the greenstaff seem to be very happy with him and are enjoying their work.
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It does make a difference - was JimG your previous Head GK? I knew him well when he had only just started on the greens team, and I worked in the Malletsheugh back in the late 1970s, early 1980s

Our previous Head GK was obsessed with the subsoil of the greens and fairways and improving it. There was a view expressed by some that he focussed a little too much on what couldn't be seen, and neglected what could. And as visitors (and us members) only really experienced what was seen and played on there was a view held by some that the course didn't look as good as it could.

He left a few years ago now (to be an agronomist I believe) and his replacement (his #2) has actually done great things to the course and it looks and plays brilliant these days. But I remind folks who look back to the previous incumbent with an element of negativity, that it is likely only because of that obsession with the subsoil that has enabled our current Head GK to do what he has done - and continues to do. And this includes the way the greens now drain superbly - all down to the previous Head GK.
 
Whipsnade open on 4 temps but will be virtually unplayable in places....
Ellesborough fully open, relatively dry and firm.....just bloomin' windy today.
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
It does make a difference - was JimG your previous Head GK? I knew him well when he had only just started on the greens team, and I worked in the Malletsheugh back in the late 1970s, early 1980s

Our previous Head GK was obsessed with the subsoil of the greens and fairways and improving it. There was a view expressed by some that he focussed a little too much on what couldn't be seen, and neglected what could. And as visitors (and us members) only really experienced what was seen and played on there was a view held by some that the course didn't look as good as it could.

He left a few years ago now (to be an agronomist I believe) and his replacement (his #2) has actually done great things to the course and it looks and plays brilliant these days. But I remind folks who look back to the previous incumbent with an element of negativity, that it is likely only because of that obsession with the subsoil that has enabled our current Head GK to do what he has done - and continues to do. And this includes the way the greens now drain superbly - all down to the previous Head GK.
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Yes. That's the gent. The forum isn't the place to pass comments about him. Paul, our new head greenkeeper had brought new and more modern ideas, organised and motivated his team and has produced detailed plans as to how to improve the course. And his team (and he always emphasises it is a team) have delivered on it. Last year the members agreed to a £50 levy to go towards the course. It wasn't put forward to ask for it again this year but there was a point raised at our AGM last night that it should be done again, so pleased have the members been with the results.
 
Robster59 said:
Our very experienced number 2 is highly motivated and appreciates he's learning a lot since our new head greenkeeper arrived. In fact, all the greenstaff seem to be very happy with him and are enjoying their work.
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I very much doubt he speaks as freely and openly with the club or yourself as he does in other environments, I certainly have heard criticism within the ranks
 
MartynB said:
Interesting Bob. I knew the layout changed because of the airport but wasn’t playing golf back then. You can still see what looks like an original tee box halfway down the hill on the left of the 8th fairway. Visited the marshalling yards as a kid which was quite something. Keen to find out about the original layout, course website doesn’t have any layout maps I can see?
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