Tined greens already?

[Blue in Munich]

Ours are listed in the diary, 18th of March & 5th August unless the weather interferes, at least allows you to work round it but I have to give them credit, not too bad to putt on at all the day after and we are certainly benefitting from the work.

 

[Dodger]

It creases me up reading when the 'experts' think this essential work should be done.

The expert isn't the member nor is it the committee member yet committee member 'expert direction' still happens sadly.

 

[brendy]

Found it disappointing thats all. Our place doesnt do any major work during the short season and shares the same conditions.

August is best time to do it yet few do and this why...folk like the OP moaning like hell.

 

[Hobbit]

Think yourself lucky!!!!

Here's a picture of our 6th

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Not the best picture, but our 6th green and 15th have been completely lifted, new footings and drainage added and top soil added. Our courses greens suffer badly with thatch so once they get wet they take ages to dry making winter golf problematic.

They've decided all greens over the next 2 seasons will be lifted and have this work carry out.

At least you have proper greens to put on

There;s a 'ell of a slope on that green...

 

[One Planer]

There;s a 'ell of a slope on that green...

Certainly is Hobbit.

Slopes front to back down hill and left to right. There 'was' a little bowl at the bottom too. Not sure if they've kept that though.

 

[richart]

There;s a 'ell of a slope on that green...

I have just cricked my neck looking at that green. Photo should come with a health warning.:angry:

 

[Rooter]

Yup my place is doing it right now, greens keeper issues a news letter and explains why. Was amazed to read they are injecting over 150tonnes of sand into the greens this time!

 

[Ethan]

Ours were done on August 5th. Now fully recovered and putting very nicely.

 

[CMAC]

key is to do it in August but 'plan' it so it has minimum disruption to the club and paying members, this means consulting with the committee the year prior to ensure there will be minimal 'disappointment' for the paying members competition Diaries.....

It can mean better greens again by end August into the Autumn....


some clubs I've heard did it the week before their club championship and the day before the annual member/guest day.........not the best way to keep low h/caps or promote the club externally

 

[bladeplayer]

It creases me up reading when the 'experts' think this essential work should be done.

The expert isn't the member nor is it the committee member yet committee member 'expert direction' still happens sadly.

As you say Allan it has to be done but surely the head greenkeeper should talk to the comp secretary and say ,weather permitting i need to/ will be doing the greens last week in March & last week in August so plan your comps around that .. Most times this would save the problems like Fish encountered in post #3 ??

 

[brendy]

some clubs I've heard did it the week before their club championship and the day before the annual member/guest day.........not the best way to keep low h/caps or promote the club externally

This is what I was thinking, over here in Northern Ireland august/september is our more important months with regards to club championship, scratch cup etc, At Bangor our open week is in mid August too, it would make no sense to disrupt everything when tining can actually be done all year round I believe.

 

[GreiginFife]

Think yourself lucky!!!!

Here's a picture of our 6th

View attachment 7337

Not the best picture, but our 6th green and 15th have been completely lifted, new footings and drainage added and top soil added. Our courses greens suffer badly with thatch so once they get wet they take ages to dry making winter golf problematic.

They've decided all greens over the next 2 seasons will be lifted and have this work carry out.

At least you have proper greens to put on

I can see where they went wrong. They need the LHC from CERN to create a wormhole to bend the space-time continuum and rotate that bad boy through 90 degrees. It's far too upright to putt on. Or stand on for that matter....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

They did ours early last week with a board event over the bank holiday. The club put this explanation up on the website

The greens maintenance work this week has seen us double tine the greens with the Verti-drain set at 150mm and the Pro-core set at 100mm. This helps to open up the turf to help increase the oxygen levels. This in turn will produce a healthier plant and help with drainage. Top dressing has been applied to fill the holes and return the greens to a smooth putting surface as soon as possible. We estimate that the greens will be totally recovered within 2 weeks.

This week’s work is different to the Graden work that was carried out during Royal Ascot week. Graden, which is more invasive, is carried out to help reduce the thatch that is present in the greens and will provide a better root zone for the plant to flourish. We do not expect to need to carry out the graden work next year, but will continue with a programme of tining and top dressing.

If they expected it to take two weeks to be recovered why not have left it until the coming week after the big competition. We have our Masters event next Sunday (only open to comp winners over the last 12 months - 36 holes medal) but after that nothing but medals and stablefords so it would have been the ideal time. I know there is arguably never a good time, but with two big and prestigious events, it does seem a case of bad planning