tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8430184558962252742024-03-12T20:11:24.841-05:00Carnoustie Golf LinksCarnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-2705375316075702012015-12-31T11:57:00.000-05:002015-12-31T11:57:10.906-05:00Thursday 31st December 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had the pumps going through the night to get most of the water off of the 2nd/4th fairway on the Burnside, the worst affected area.</div>
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As you can see it is almost all away</div>
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Of course Dangerous Jimmy was down raking about!!!</div>
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Yes, he is still here, we cant get rid of him!!</div>
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Sand bags at the ready for the next deluge which is due on Saturday night/Sunday morning.</div>
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Big slap on the wrist for me not updating the blog but here we go, next year I promise to keep it up to date!! Promise</div>
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Another tournament year, this time we welcomed The Amateur Championship won by Romain Langasque. </div>
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Overseeding carried on as normal before and after the event, trying to get as much fescue in as possible. All areas apart from the greens were sprayed with Rescue prior to The Amateur Championship as we try to wipe out ryegrass around the course. Rescue is a highly selective grass weed herbicide, for the removal of ryegrass whilst leaving fine turf grasses unaffected.</div>
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We were lucky enough to purchase a Super Compact Vredo to help out with overseeding.</div>
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We also purchased a new screen.</div>
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On to the Dunhill, and probably the best spell of weather we had all year.</div>
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Paul Lawrie out early for a few practice holes.</div>
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Down the left hand side of the 9th we removed 39 trees that were planted in the 1960s, this will now let some light in and help with air movement through to the 6th green of the Buddon as well as the 9th fairway.</div>
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Another tournament on the course before the end of the season was the World Hickory Open Championships</div>
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On to our Winter Improvements for this year: Replacing semi rough down the left hand side of the 10th and the right hand side of the 18th fairways.</div>
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Re-shaping and contouring the 13th approach/surround into the 14th tee</div>
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Bridges at the 18th green replaced with bridges donated from The Imlay Foundation</div>
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Work carried out by Boyles of Auchterarder with local Denfind Stone being used</div>
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A nice finish.</div>
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Reshaping of the spectator mound at the right hand side of the 5th tee, the mound extended over to the 6th fairway with the ditch being piped at the same time. The white teeing area raised up by about a foot.</div>
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A lot of material was moved about in the two weeks the contractors were here. We found sand under the mound which we thought was made up out of old waste.</div>
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Fortunately the Burnside were creating a new 16th green, so most of the sand went there.</div>
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So far we have returfed more than half the job and the rest will be completed after the Christmas period.</div>
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Other jobs on the go were moving the 6th walkway from tee to fairway further left</div>
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and the extension of the 18th yellow tee and red tee, another job that will be completed after the Christmas break.</div>
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We also have a few bunkers to re-build so another busy spell coming up.</div>
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Flooding!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well another good year on the Links </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were really lucky with the weather through the summer, that's until we got to the Dunhill Links Championship when it really chucked it down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have not really been great with keeping the blog up to date this year and i have been trying to the last month but couldn't upload photos for some reason. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am back on track...hopefully! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter works this year started in the last week of October, when we were able to take a bit of height off of a mound to the right of the 2nd walkway. As well as saving sand for other jobs, it will help with spectator movement during tournaments, freeing up a bit more space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Main job this Winter was to lower the back of the 13th green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will help create more of an area for pin positions, not just for tournaments but for everyday play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A job well done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next job on the list was lowering the mounds on the 3rd fairway. This fairway has always been a problem for us (extreme divot wear) and lowering the mounds would help spread the wear a bit more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sand excavated from this job (75 tonnes) was then taken to the 8th Hogan tee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the 8th Hogan tee, we were only going to extend the tee back by 2 yards and also add 2 yards to the side (to free up a little more room for all the extras that come with a tournament clock,bins, fridge etc) but once we got started adding sand we ended up going back another 8 yards and 6 yards to the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tee now measures at 191 yards from the back. We re-turfed the tee with turf from the 9th Hogan tee, another tee that we are adjusting this Winter. We normally have a few jobs open during Winter Works as this is because we are "robbing Peter to pay Paul" in the way of using the best of the turf from a few jobs to complete one/two jobs. Example: turf from 9th Hogan tee used at the 8th Hogan tee and to be used around the 10th green-side bunkers. 9th Hogan tee to be replaced with commercial turf. Confusing? Yes!!<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.8666667938232px;"> This also is the case for soil and sand where we try to get the most use out of it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, the rest of the turf that was left from the 9th Hogan tee was used here at the 10th green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan was to slightly lower the bunkers in height but we will compensate this by making the bunkers deeper. We always cut round these bunkers with a flymo but it just looked out of place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bunkers now fit in with the tight turf round about. More on the 9th Hogan tee the next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another job to tick off the list was raising the bunker run ins at the 12th fairway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the best for 2015!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I was asked by a few people what has happened to the blog. Well the truth is, i havent had time and sometimes when you come in from the course you cant be bothered writing about what you have just done, especially if you feel you are getting nowhere. I also dont want to get too repetative at the same time too!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I was thinking i had updated it not too long ago but when i looked it was January 17th!!</span><br />
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was a very productive month on the Winter Works front with the bunker
revetments and turf repairs the main focus on the course. Verti-drain work took place on the greens, approaches and surrounds (8mm) followed by a heavy top dressing. </span><br />
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majority of our annual gorse cutting/management usually takes place in the
cold/frosty periods we normally get during December and January that prevent us
from carrying out turf related work. The mild winter however has meant we never
really had an opportunity to cut much gorse therefore prior to the bird
nesting/activity season we tackled the required areas during the last week of
February. It was then chipped to the LHS 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green of Championship, and have now made a spectactor mound from the chippings after being sand capped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We dropped the Spectacles by a foot so you can see the flag a little bit more from the fairway. We also made the bunkers shouldery, to make them look a bit more powerful.</span><br />
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to big bunker on LHS 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway raised approximately 8” to allow us to raise the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Run-in to bunker raised, just short of Jockie’s Burn on 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yes Dangerous Jimmy is still here!! </span></div>
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</span>Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-65368325103732926142014-01-17T12:05:00.000-05:002014-01-17T12:05:16.832-05:00Friday 17th January 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy New Year to you all.</div>
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We started off this year as we finished off last year - turfing the bunkers at the 4th</div>
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The back of the bunker turfed with fluffy fescue</div>
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and the walk in with jumpy rye!</div>
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A mound up the right hand side of the 2nd green </div>
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was turf cut with turf lifted and saved at the side.</div>
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We then pushed the mound in further to the side to be able to get a little bit more green and surround.</div>
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You can see the old drill and fill lines. </div>
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Mound complete.</div>
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Time to brush up the job.</div>
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We have done a lot of "Rescue" work on the approaches and surrounds. These areas were sprayed straight after the Dunhill Links. They seem to be recovering really well. Hopefully we will soon have the control over the ryegrass. </div>
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Bunker building keeps on going - 2 at the 14th fairway</div>
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2 at the 7th fairway</div>
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2 at the 12th green</div>
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The 9th walkway has always been bad for holding water in the top few inches.</div>
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This area was stripped, rotovated 4 times (clean sand 5 inches down) smoothed out and returfed.</div>
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Hopefully this will improve this area.</div>
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More bunker building at the 13th green.</div>
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We also raised an area to the left of the bunker, again where water would sit.</div>
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Area raised up and returfed - job completed today.</div>
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As most of you know Waste Regulations came into effect on 1st January. Waste (Scotland) Regulations were passed by the Scottish Parliament on 9 May 2012. They represent the most significant development in recycling that Scotland has ever seen and are designed to help us realise the true value of resources we currently throw away. At Carnoustie Golf Links we have been recycling as much waste as we can since August. We have 5 bins glass, plastic, paper, cardboard as well as a general waste bin. </div>
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On Monday, Pat Sawers (former Vice-Chairman) took over the Chairmans position from the outgoing Chairman Gordon Wilson. We wish Gordon all the best for the future. Pat, we are all wishing for a massive wage increase.......only joking!! </div>
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Best wishes to Pat in her new role.</div>
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As we head closer towards Christmas, the weather this winter has been very helpful.</div>
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It has allowed us to get on with most of our main winter works.</div>
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The ditch to the right of the 3rd green was smartened up with half rounds replacing the wooden boards that were there.</div>
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Looking great.</div>
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This winter we have tried out these hole liners on the main greens and the winter greens. The idea was to save us from changing the holes as often and to stop the hole from going so scruffy after verti-drain work. It seems to have done the trick. Greens have been looking really good through the winter this year with the help of Transition. Transition works to aid turf in dormant periods of the year by means of specially formulated pigments, which raise the level of solar radiation absorption, putting up the surface temperature. </div>
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The next job on the list was the 2nd tee extension. </div>
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All turf lifted, top soil removed, sand driven in, top soil replaced and re-turfed.</div>
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Then the big storms hit the coast.</div>
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A lot of water over the 18th fairway, it was just lucky that there was no heavy rain as the burn would be a lot higher.</div>
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Our winter works from last year seemed to be doing the trick as the 17th fairway stayed dry.</div>
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Amazingly all the water had disappeared by the next morning leaving only water in the bunkers which were pumped out.</div>
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Next job, the 15th tee extension. Again the same process as the 2nd tee.</div>
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Turf down and given a little roll. </div>
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One more main job to do, hopefully we will get on to this straight after the Christmas break.</div>
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We are now on to bunker rebuilding. Above at the right of 14th fairway,</div>
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and the two at the 4th green. These bunkers have been made slightly smaller and the ground round about softened off.</div>
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Extreme turf cutting.</div>
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Prep work on the bunkers. Hopefully we might get it turfed before Christmas.</div>
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Wall work at the 18th burn.</div>
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Its not just the Championship Course that is busy at this time of year, the Burnside team are putting in irrigation cable/water pipe/fibre optic cable through five of the fairways on the course. This will be to accommodate a toilet between the 8th fairway and 15th tee on the Championship. </div>
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The Buddon Links team are joining two fairways together (9th and 10th), they are also getting the two new holes ready for the start of the season.</div>
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Over the fence at Barry Buddon, they are getting the area ready for the Commonwealth Games next year.</div>
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An early Christmas present for Carnoustie Golf Links is GEO Certification.</div>
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Great achievement by all the staff at the Links.</div>
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Merry Christmas to all from Carnoustie Golf Links and all the best for 2014.</div>
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Unbelievable tekkers from the guys this week. Area prepared at the 11th fairway with compost.</div>
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Tramped and ready for the incoming turf delivery from Inturf.</div>
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Heading out divots was also on the go at the 11th fairway.</div>
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Turfing in progress.</div>
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Completed.</div>
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Other turfing areas were at the 10th Championship tee.</div>
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Bad operator with a split pallet of turf.</div>
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The 5th Championship tee is where we have been taking heads out for divots on the fairways.</div>
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Another tee that was cleared, composted and turf down.</div>
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A little bit of gorse work at the 12th carry, this should open up the hole for all the old guys.</div>
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Its not only the greenstaff that are busy, in the workshop all our units are being stripped down and re-sharpened for the new season.</div>
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Well another few weeks have past since my last blog entry. We were lucky enough to get a few patches on bunkers revetted just before the end of October, without upsetting play.</div>
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We started an extension to the Yellow and Red tee at the 9th. Most of the good turf was salvaged from the tee bank.</div>
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Top soil scraped away, sand put in and top soil back on the top.</div>
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Turfed with turf from 10th Hogan tee.</div>
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At the 10th Hogan tee we are extending the tee forward and making it wider. This tee is used at tournament times and is a bit on the small side the time you get sponsorship boards, drinks fridges, litter bins etc.</div>
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I had to call in the big gun to cut a tree down for me.</div>
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Sandy in action,</div>
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a few guys will be happy for the firewood.</div>
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Saw this little fella on my travels round the course. A young stoat nibbling on a frog, i would prefer if he would stick to going for rabbits!</div>
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So after the tree was down we started work on the 10th Hogan tee. Ready for turf now.</div>
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We love when Bonfire night comes round, a chance to get rid of some pallets.</div>
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So on to our Winter closure, the first two weeks in November. Turf cut at the 2nd tee, here we will be extending the height of the tee forward. More on this later.</div>
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11th fairway turf cut and ready to lift.</div>
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Just about all clear for the next process.</div>
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Coring work on a few greens. Here we are on the 10th green.</div>
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After it was cored we put the graden sand injection machine over it. The same process happened at the 1st and 5th greens.</div>
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Apart from the 10th, 1st and 5th all the rest of the greens were verti-drained with 13mm tines about 9 inches deep.</div>
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We were quite lucky with the weather and only had a few mornings of frost.</div>
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These greens were rolled after this process and top dressed to fill up the holes as we had golf during the weekend of our winter closure.</div>
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Last green being verti drained. </div>
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All turf lifted at the 11th.</div>
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A new addition to the Links, little tym.</div>
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Top soil removed and taken to the sheds where we will mix it with sand before putting back. Poorer soil taken away and ground rotovated.</div>
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More sand driven in. This sand has come from other jobs we are doing just now, a way of saving money plus re using indigenous sand,</div>
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at the left hand side of the 4th green.</div>
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At the 4th we are lowering the mounding as it is a really poor area round the green for foot traffic. By lowering the mound it will gain more area for golfers to exit the green to the next tee. </div>
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Sand also taken from the left hand side of the 1st green.</div>
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The mounding here is just being softened.</div>
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Job done.</div>
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Cant get a good picture of this but there is movement still at the 4th.</div>
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More top dressing on the greens to fill up the holes, this light dusting takes us over the 200 tonnes of sand applied on the greens this year.</div>
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You would hardly know that they have been verti drained.</div>
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The last of the graden work at the right hand side of the 9th surround.</div>
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And breathe!!</div>
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Next week we will hope to crack on adding the top soil back to the 11th fairway so we can get ready for turf.</div>
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After a sabbatical break, the blog is back!</div>
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So lets rewind and go back to where we left off.</div>
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Eric retired and was replaced by new Head Maintenance Engineer Sandy McCubbin.</div>
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The new tee head starters hut was finally built.</div>
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Guess who is back..............Dangerous Jimmy. The retirement never lasted too long and Jim was back after a two week holiday. He is now classed as a seasonal, working three days a week (maybe working more than he ever did a week).</div>
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Wildflowers enjoyed the dry summer with plenty on show.</div>
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Sea Pea planting for the second year took place at the right of the Buddon 18th hole.</div>
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<a href="http://www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk/environmental-news/sea-pea-planting-2013">http://www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk/environmental-news/sea-pea-planting-2013</a></div>
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Talking of the Buddon, the new holes are growing in really well and things are looking good for an April opening.</div>
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Might have to total the bunker bases mind you!!</div>
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In July, The Open at Muirfield provided us with traditional links playing surfaces (hard and fast). The course was in excellent condition.</div>
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At Carnoustie we let things dry up too, old school style.</div>
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Jean Van De Velde was back at the course doing more filming.</div>
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Then we had the Tassie and Dunhill tournaments.</div>
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Everything went well, photos look a bit green though!</div>
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Last week a few of us went over to Kingsbarns for a game.</div>
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The course was superb. </div>
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An early start to some winter works, with a few parts of bunkers getting rebuilt.</div>
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Overseeding of the greens took place.</div>
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Rolled behind causing no disruption.</div>
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Before and after the roll.</div>
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Graden sand injection on some softer tees.</div>
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Certain roughs were cut back prior to "Rescue" work.</div>
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A bit short and sweet but i didn't want to bore you with all the details.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After another
cold 2-3 weeks at the start of the month the warmer weather eventually blessed
us with its presence in the latter half of May. Despite the cold start to the month
growth was quite even and a good shower of rain every few days supplemented the
sunlight that occurred on the dry but cold days. The last 2 weeks of the month
have seen temperatures increase considerably and again with some welcome rain
has seen the growth become more vigorous on all surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prior to the
onset of proper growth it is our aim to encourage growth where necessary to
cope with the increased traffic and allow us to produce consistent surfaces of
good standard. This is achieved by bespoke feeding, brushing, top dressing,
careful water management and by ensuring our cutting and rolling regimes are
adjusted to suit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In May month
we give careful consideration to the playability of the roughs throughout the 3
courses as it starts to grow properly. It is standard practice for us to cut
some intermediate rough and leave it thereafter so that it can still produce
seed heads, this is what gives a links course its definition. There are some
areas of rough though that we need to cut more regularly, these are areas where
the quality of the grasses is not so fine or where growth is just very thick.
We are very conscious of finding the correct balance of ensuring that the pace
of play is acceptable without compromising the challenge the golfer expects and
the definition of each hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
turf conditioner programmes continued as normal on the greens and they were
also top dressed and hydro-jected. Cutting frequency increased with hand
cutting and/or rolling being fitted in as much as practical to help produce
good surfaces whilst keeping heights up which is good for the health of the
sward.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Other
work</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tees:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Hydro-jected and top dressed with the
Hogan tees being mini cored and over-sown also. Selective weed killing
commenced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Surrounds/Approaches:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Traffic routes and walk-offs fed;
wetting agent applied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fairways:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Bumps and weak areas sprayed with mix
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">General:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Removing weeds from burn, shaping
sand in bunkers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
greens along with the walk-offs were hydro-jected and were lightly fed and
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work</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tees,
fairway bumps and walkways fed. Areas of new turf were mini-tined and
top-dressed. Timbrel applied to control growth young broom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairways were widened
slightly in odd areas so that areas of thicker rough can be encompassed during
routine rough cutting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">BUDDON
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Greens
were fed, top-dressed and sprayed with wetting agent, seaweed and sulphate of
iron. The purchase of new hand mowers has allowed more frequent hand cutting on
the Buddon Links where suitable and possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Walk-offs
and weak tees were cored, over-sown, top-dressed and fed as was the practice
green.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tees were top-dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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killing commenced on tees, approaches and fairways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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holes</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
re-located 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green opened for play at the start of the month and
is performing very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
two new holes have been receiving intense treatments including feeding, over-seeding,
rolling and top-dressing. Greens, tees, approaches/surrounds, fairways and
semi-roughs are now all being cut regularly with heights decreasing as and when
suitable and now look proper, well defined golf holes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
general the new seed is doing very well, at this stage the greens still need to
thicken a little but we are confident that this will be achieved by end of the
summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INFORMATION</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work to restore the burn wall and bridge at the Burnside Car Park commenced and
is near completion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
built 3 small bunkers on the entrances to the town at the request of the
Carnoustie Community Council.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">STRI
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Championship Course received its spring agronomy visit on behalf of the R&A
and the Burnside received its spring visit as part of our subscription with the
STRI both from the agronomist Richard Windows. Both courses received very
favourable reports, it is a great credit to the input from all concerned and it
is something both the greenstaff and the organisation can take great pride in
knowing that the work we are carrying out is producing good results. There are
areas we still need to improve on however and we will be looking to make
further gains going forward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Training</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Six
men completed training and testing in various forms of Pesticide Application
(Spraying) whilst 10 of the greenstaff completed a refresher in defibrillator
training.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Retirements
and Appointment</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eric
Watson, our Maintenance Engineer of 25 years retired at the end of May with his
replacement, Sandy McCubbin previously of Monifieth Golf Links, now in
position.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">James
Riddell retired after 36 years service on the Links; he is however staying on
as a seasonal through the rest of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sandy
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Links
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
June 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The qualifying for the Links starts today on the Burnside and on the Championship on Monday.</div>
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Hand cutting greens today still keeping the heights at 4.3mm.</div>
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Greens rolled behind.</div>
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A bit more top dressing on the approaches and surrounds this week.</div>
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The Hydroject is out on the tees pumping a little bit of seaweed and wetting agent in.</div>
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Feathering around the greens keeps the course looking good.</div>
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Two big retirements this week were Dangerous Jimmy</div>
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Dangerman has been here for 37 years.</div>
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37 years of destruction.</div>
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Eric (Head Maintenance Engineer), retired after 25 years service</div>
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25 years of flinging spanners about in anger!!</div>
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Best Wishes to both Eric and Jimmy on their retirements.</div>
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Again, i have failed to keep updating the blog. Must get the finger out!!</div>
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Things on the course are going well apart from having no heat, good for keeping the growth under control. We have been doing a bit more rolling this year to try and keep surfaces nice and smooth.</div>
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A homemade mix was put out on tees.</div>
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Our astroturf path way, which was replaced with rubber matting, at the 8th is growing in well.</div>
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Dangerous Jimmy has completed all the recycling of the astroturf on areas at the 12th</div>
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and the road up to the 3rd green.</div>
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Trackways to bridges and walkways were cored</div>
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overseeded and topdressed with rubber crumb.</div>
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New machinery has arrived</div>
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A new seasonal this year is Neil, he is the son of Eric. More on Eric next week.</div>
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New bunkering at the entrance points into the town, Sandy making sure there is no bulges in the face!!</div>
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<br />Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-53022211040887326072013-05-06T03:40:00.002-05:002013-05-06T03:41:06.379-05:00Monday 6th May 2013<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">LINKS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FOR APRIL 2013</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
first half April continued where March left off with below average daytime
temperatures (9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">o</span></sup>C) and plenty of strong, cold easterly winds. The
second half of the month improved slightly with temperatures increasing (11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">o</span></sup>C)
and some welcome rainfall (on 6 days).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">WORK ON THE LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Due
to limited growth the targets for April month are to stimulate growth where
possible (greens and newly laid turf especially) by fertilising and top
dressing and to get the greens as smooth and consistent as possible coming out
of the winter via top dressing, brushing, rolling and cutting when necessary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
work to replace the control network for our irrigation system continued
although not without few a few problems resulting in the installation of new
cabling in many places. This work is expected to continue through May although
any disruption on the courses will be minimal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Greens</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
greens received a home mixed granular fertiliser once soil temperatures had
risen suitably; they also received their monthly applications of Wetting Agent
and Seaweed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Towards
the end of the month Hydro-ject work commenced where by water is injected into
the soil profile. This is a superb method of aeration as it is non-disruptive
to the surface yet creates small channels in the soil profile which helps
provide deeper rooting. Seaweed is normally also injected with the water which
again is great for stimulating root growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">General
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Approaches
and surrounds receive an application of wetting agent, fertiliser and sulphate
of iron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tees
and weak/trafficked areas all received granular fertiliser as required and all
new turf received a liquid application of fertiliser<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minor
turf repairs to winter damaged areas and rabbit scrapes were carried out as
required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Newly
formed tight turf to rear right of 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green was cored, top-dressed
and fed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Other
work included:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cleaning
weed from burn; adding slabs under gravel in ditch alongside 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>/12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
and 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee; installing slabs alongside current ones on path up to
practice nets; installing old astro-turf at entrances through fence and
alongside grass clipping bays; strimming mounds and sea lyme as required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">BURNSIDE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Greens</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
monthly program of wetting agent and seaweed commenced at the start of the
month then were fed with a compound fertiliser and top dressed later in the
month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">General
work</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Approaches
received an application of wetting agent<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
turf and the low areas of the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> & 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairways were
top dressed<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Young
broom in the heather areas of holes 10, 11, 12 & 14 was cut<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Newly
turfed traffic routes had rubber crumb applied to surface to help improve wear
tolerance<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fairways
brushed prior to their first cut<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Trafficked
rough between 2 & 4 was verti-drained<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
astro-turf mat in front of the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> tee was removed and turfed over
whilst the silt in the neighbouring hollow was removed prior to the area being
oversown<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minor
turf patching took place on the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> and 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">BUDDON
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Greens</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
green received an application of wetting agent and seaweed and were also top
dressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">General
work</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tees
and new turf was top dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Selective
feed on tee’s and traffic routes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fairways
brushed prior to first cut<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minor
turf repairs as required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sand
from strong easterly winds blown from beach was removed from tented village
area to left of 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> hole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Assisting
on Championship Course with Irrigation update<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
holes</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">New
turf on current 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> (new 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>) hole was fed and top
dressed in preparation for its full opening in May. Once opened there will be
GUR on both sides of the hole where the seeded areas still have to develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the seeded areas on the new 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes were fed
with a controlled release fertiliser early in the month to aid development. The
greens and fairway received their first cut and were over seeded where
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light application of Glyphosate (a systemic total weedkiller) was made to the
majority of the new 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway in a bid to control the ingress of
annual meadow grass as it is an undesirable grass especially on new turf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quarters of the turf nursery alongside the contractor’s compound was turfed
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we are usually waiting for the grass to grow and with it being the start of the
staff holiday entitlement for the year (they never take them at the start!),
April is a good month for providing training for the greenstaff. This month we
had men receiving training in/on:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wheel and Stone cutter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also arranged for Grant Moir, the R&A’s Director of rules and Course
Set-up, to conduct a presentation to the staff on course set-up and on ruling
issues that we should be aware of whilst managing the golf courses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Links
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May 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well it has been a busy two weeks </div>
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Irrigation work nearing the end.</div>
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The course was set up for the start of the season, with the new yellow (combination of green and yellow) course coming into play.</div>
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Ross celebrated his 21st Birthday</div>
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Dangerous Jimmy was saving the environment by recycling astro turf mats.</div>
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A lot of dead puffins were washed up the burn. This was due to the bad weather we have been having.</div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21953898">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21953898</a></div>
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As we wait for more heat and growth, we carry on with jobs such as cleaning out the burn and cleaning out the ditches.</div>
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A build up of gravel over the years is stopping the flow of the water.</div>
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Our nursery starts getting stocked up again with turf from Inturf.</div>
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Two loads down another two to go!!</div>
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Augusta Syndrome - this is the time of year that the golfers moan that the greens are not as quick or as green as The Masters.</div>
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Greens triple rolled today, that should stop them moaning!!</div>
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The Buddon team are looking good and ready for the weekends action.</div>
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<a href="http://news.stv.tv/tayside/221125-navy-and-marines-in-landing-at-bary-buddon-beach-in-angus/">http://news.stv.tv/tayside/221125-navy-and-marines-in-landing-at-bary-buddon-beach-in-angus/</a></div>
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Whilst the Burnside boys get ready for the BIGGA Central Section Spring Outing on Wednesday.</div>
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<br />Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-15396057430967171482013-04-11T05:36:00.000-05:002013-04-11T05:36:05.752-05:00Thursday 11th April 2013
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">We
experienced one of the coldest March’s on record with an average daytime
temperature of less than 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">o</span></sup>C due to an extended period of cold
easterly winds. We had snow which lay on the course on 6 different occasions
and experienced a few hard frosts. It was also a very dry month with only one
day where any rain was recorded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
target on all 3 courses was to complete the winter work program and to get them
ready for the start of the new golfing season. Due to the wetter weather
earlier in the winter in meant that although all the winter projects were
completed in time we were still turfing during the last week on March meaning
that this turf hasn’t had the usual amount of time to take root and establish
prior to the season resulting in a few of these areas being marked as G.U.R for
a few weeks until such time as the turf has established and any gaps have
filled in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens on all 3 courses are looking and performing better than expected for
this time of year and because of the cold winds and dry weather the surfaces
are firm and the grass is very fine in texture resulting in very quick greens,
indeed they have been similar all winter. Although we strive to maintain the
surfaces like this throughout the year I just want to make the point that once
the temperature starts to rise, especially from late April through to mid June,
the growth naturally becomes more vigorous and the grass leaf becomes juicier
which will most likely result in slower greens than at present even though
cutting heights will be lowered and the rollers will be used on a regular
basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Towards
the end of the month we also commenced the work to install the new operating system
for our irrigation network which involved digging up over 500 sprinklers on the
Championship Course to carry out some rewiring and installation of new decoders.
Once completed we will be the first facility in the world to have Hunter
Irrigation’s latest control system, this will allow us to reduce run times,
ensure the system is being used as efficiently as possible and give us a more
accurate account on the actual amount of water we use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens received an application of liquid seaweed early in the month to assist early
season plant health and promote root growth. The monthly program of wetting
agent and conditioner commenced during the last week of March as well as them
being brushed, cut and rolled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and burn wall work at the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> and 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Slab
work next to the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Plugging
divot scars from 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> and 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Young
gorse planted between the 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> forward tee and the 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
tee of the Burnside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
preparation for the new season trafficked roughs were brushed, fairways were
top dressed, bunkers were topped up with our new bunker sand (from Hugh King
Quarry, Ayrshire), new yellow tee stones were installed and traffic routes
around greens were solid tined with rubber crumb being worked into the holes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BURNSIDE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens received a foliar nutritional conditioner spray at the beginning of the
month to take advantage of any heat and sunlight we received and they were also
given a light top dressing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bunkers
were revetted on the 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes,
traffic routes were verti-drained, turfing was completed on the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>/4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
holes where bridge and contour adjustments had been made and previously agreed
tree thinning took place to the left of the 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fairways
were top dressed, bunkers were topped up, young birch trees planted on mound to
right of 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway and strimming new broom growth between 10 and
11 took place in preparation for chemical control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BUDDON
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Greens
were star tined (8mm), received a top dressing, and were brushed, cut and
rolled prior to being fed with a low nitrogen compound fertiliser. Tees were
verti-drained, walkways were slit tined and the young trees to the right of the
13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes were strimmed around to control the thick vegetation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
Work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
turfing on and around the 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee was completed and odd turf repairs
were also carried out as required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fairways
and new turf area were fed using a processed chicken litter fertiliser<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pot
holes on the boundary road were filled up using a mixture of sand/soil/stone
which had arisen from jobs on all 3 courses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Buddon team were also very involved throughout March assisting the Burnside
with verti-drain and turfing work and also with the irrigation work on the
Championship. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
Holes</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Richard
Windows from the STRI made his final official visit as part of the new holes
project and gave us recommendations on nutritional inputs for the coming season
with a target of having them playable for the start of next season. It will be
a fairly intense program whereby the new holes will almost require a member of
staff to be working on them full time to carry out all the required work. It
will also mean a sizeable increase in the amount of fertiliser we will need to
purchase; this will hopefully be covered within the current Course Maintenance
Budget<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Iron
Play Area</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
area to the south of the main practice area (junior area) has now been set up
as an Iron only practice area where players can hit from turf to a distance of
approx 230yds. Play is from East to West and access to it is by foot along the
new path to the left of the practice ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TRAINING</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Craig
Boath and Allan Begg attended a one day course in Rabbit and Mole control
organised by one of our suppliers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sandy
Reid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Links
Superintendent <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-22045368809697427692013-03-19T01:14:00.000-05:002013-03-19T01:14:24.299-05:00Tuesday 19th March 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week a covering of snow kept the guys off of bunker revetments and turf preperations.</div>
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Course was closed on the Monday and Tuesday.</div>
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Some of the guys found better ways to cover up and keep warm more than others.</div>
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When the sun did come out it was quite warm. Gorse planting at the mound in front of the greenkeeping sheds.</div>
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Odd bits of broom in the heather were cut right back to and stop the heather being smothered.</div>
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Burn wall work was continued, nearly complete.</div>
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Bunker building continued by the end of the week, bunker at the 15th completed by the two younger guys Ross and Willy. Looking good.</div>
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Bunker at 16th being built by Danie and Mark.</div>
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This week we move to the area between 10th and 11th fairways to prep and turf.</div>
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Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-22786301477513489692013-03-11T04:26:00.000-05:002013-03-11T04:26:45.761-05:00Monday 11th March 2013
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">LINKS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2013</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">February’s
weather was just what the Doctor ordered after the extremely wet weather we
have experienced over the previous few months. It was generally dry with a few
hard frosts and plenty sunlight which helps waken up the turf after the winter.
There was only 2 days that brought any meaningful precipitation meaning that
the high water table that had been keeping low areas and certain bunkers
flooded retreated to normal levels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WORK ON THE
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
favourable weather throughout February allowed us to catch up with the winter
programs on the courses with many of the jobs that had been open for while
being completed. The revetting of bunkers was also a major target throughout
the month as in a normal winter we would have had the bulk of them built before
Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
fair weather allowed us to lightly top dress the greens, which often is not
possible so early in the year. An application of Sulphate of Iron and Turf
Fungicide was also made to help promote photosynthesis and prevent any outbreak
of disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turfing
of the Island on the 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> was completed with an extra row of blocks
also being added to the burn wall on both sides to soften what would have been
a very steep slope towards the burn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turfing
completed alongside the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Site
of the old white tee at 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> lowered and turfed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Excavation
hole between 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>/11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> sand capped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">12
bunkers revetted at: 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> Fairway (3), 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Green LHS (2),
5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Green, 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Green, 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Green LHS, 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Fairway LHS, 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Green LHS, 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Fairway LHS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Plugging
worst of divot scars on heavy played landing areas on fairways<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pumping
water from low lying areas at start of month<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ditch/Pipe
repair at RHS 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mains
irrigation pipes spanning Barry Burn at 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> & 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
holes raised along with bridges at 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> to help reduce the risk of future
flooding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Start
made to brushing roughs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens were sprayed with an application of Seaweed and Sulphate of Iron late in
the month as temperatures started to increase. The 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> green was
mini cored and top-dressed to continue to dilute the silt left from the Barry
Burn flooding in December; this hole was brought back into play on the last
weekend of the month after being closed for 5 months throughout the winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At
the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>/4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes the removal of silty soil in low areas
and replacing it with sand commenced along with preparing ground along the burn
bank after re-positioning and raising the bridge in front of the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
tee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Raising
of low areas on 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mounds
lowered alongside 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee and re-turfed along with where gorse had
been removed on the opposite side of the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6
bunkers revetted; 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway (2), 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green (2) and 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
green LHS (2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Verti-drain
work continued on tee’s, walkways and fairways<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Water
was pumped away from low areas on the 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>,
13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
granular application of Sulphate of Iron was made to the tees to help control
moss and earthworm activity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Gorse
trimming took place on the 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>,
15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BUDDON
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
works<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bump
on the right side of the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green was lowered <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Extension
to the rear of the 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee was carried out along with the
continuation of the re-contouring work behind the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
Ladies tee on the 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole was built<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
‘Gold’ tee on 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole was levelled and partly turfed<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Area
at start on 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> fairway which had been stripped was re-turfed<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Revetted
patch carried out on greenside bunker on 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tee’s
verti-drained<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fairways
top-dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mounds
behind 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green strimmed and clippings collected<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Damaged
gorse trimmed and chipped along with big pile of gorse at compound to right of
12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Filling
pot holes on roads as required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sandy
Reid, Links Superintendent - 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> March 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Another lot of bunkers built this week. Above bunker at 9th fairway was lowered and a new turf was put on the head. This was lowered due to a build up of sand over the years making the bunker higher and higher.</div>
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7th green</div>
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5th approach</div>
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14th fairway</div>
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guys at the 15th approach</div>
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another one bites the dust! and the rain is here, maybe a bit more than we wanted but it keeps the newly laid turf moist.</div>
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The roughs were all brushed up and dead grass/moss picked up with the TM brush.</div>
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Bridge at the left hand side of the 1st nearly complete</div>
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As i said the other day a few of us were at the Scottish Bigga Conference. A few of the guys have taken away some information onboard and have tried to use this in their working day</div>
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If you were at the Scottish Bigga Conference you will know whats going on here if not, there was a video shown about a fish company from Seattle.</div>
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9 days since we have last had rain, get the irrigation at the ready!!!</div>
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A really good week of work last week.</div>
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14 bunkers have been rebuilt, with a little help from Malx and Barry (Burnside Bulgy Boys).</div>
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Certain bunkers at 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 14th being rebuilt.</div>
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Bridge work is still continuing on the course. Here, at the 1st the beams have been put in place after coming back tarted up from the workshop.</div>
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More bunker work.</div>
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No, Rookie is back from his trip to Oz. He is the master of heading out divots on fairways. This process has been a bit relaxed over the years due to lack of tight turf. Concentration is more on really bad areas now and par 3 tees.</div>
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Master craftsman Barry has produced a bee box which will go out in our Operation Pollinator area. The thought of honey sandwiches for our morning piece sounds good.</div>
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Yesterday, we had a group of 7 guys attend the BIGGA Scottish Regional Conference at Dunfermline. It was a great day, with a range of topics talked about and another chance to meet up with fellow greenkeepers from around the area.</div>
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Forgot to mention last week congratulations to Paul who recently got married to Melanie. All the best for the future. </div>
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As my camera has finally bitten the dust, i will show you some pics of jobs that have been completed or near enough.</div>
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Above, we have taken away the astro-turf path that led to the 8th green and installed a rubber mat.</div>
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The grass will hopefully grow through the rubber mat and give a more natural look to the hole rather than the astro-turf.</div>
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An additional change to the Championship Course this year is the removal of the
green tees. The new yellow tees will be a mixture of the old yellow tees and the
old green tees. The course will measure around 6600 yards. The box will remain
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Here is the 4th white tee. </div>
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The area is stripped of turf and prepared ready for rough turf.</div>
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Thge 17th fairway is finally finished.</div>
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I am glad to see the back of that job!!</div>
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With the floodings, we have taken the step to try and raise all the bridges around the course. The only downside is that irrigation pipes have to be raised up too.</div>
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Dangerous Jimmy has a new pair of wellies to match his bucket.</div>
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The yellow wellies are one way to spot where he is on the course.</div>
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Thats as long as he wears them.</div>
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Another bridge ready to be raised, this time at the 1st.</div>
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A big hole between the 10th and 11th fairways is where we managed to get sand for the 17th job. The only thing is that it has been too wet to get back in to sand cap and re-contour the ground.</div>
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A crow enjoying a dook.</div>
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Bunker at the 5th completed. Hopefully get on with a few more in the coming weeks.</div>
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<strong><u>LINKS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FOR JANUARY 2013</u></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">96
mm of rain fell in January (more than twice the average rainfall for this
month) with rain falling on 21 days which meant the inconvenience of the water
table being higher than normal causing certain holes on all 3 courses to be unplayable
at times resulting in them being closed or shortened in length. It also meant
that bunkers were flooded and travelling around the courses for the greenstaff
was very awkward. Temperatures were average but there was a lack of sunlight
due to all the rain which isn’t good for the metabolism of the grass plant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WORK ON THE
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Water
removal and the continuation of the Winter Works Programs were the main focus
of work through January.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens and approaches were slit tined early in the month with the greens being
verti-drained with 8mm tines and top-dressed during the last week. Greens were
cut twice and rolled once. Sulphate of Iron was applied to greens, approaches
and surrounds to keep the grass leaf hard and to control any small patches of
moss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Extension
of top tee at 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> hole completed, preparation work in surrounding
area continuing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Preparation
work on Island and 2 of the 3 bridges raised to help alleviate future flooding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Installation
of rubber mats and surrounding turf on 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> walkway completed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bunker
at LHS 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway revetted with rear and run-in being raised
slightly to allow more sand to be put in bunker to prevent standing water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pumping
flood water from affected areas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Verti-draining
wet/flood affected areas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Front
half of 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green mini tined to remove silt from flooding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bunker
floors loosened<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Environmental
Work</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Gorse
cutting at 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>, 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
holes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eight
leaning trees removed from LHS 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BURNSIDE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
emphasis on the Burnside during January was to remove the flood water, debris
and silt left on the back of the Barry bursting its banks in late December
through pumping and squeegee-ing water and shovelling large areas of silt from
the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>/4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairways. These areas were then verti-drained
to assist in the drying out of the surface and soil profile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bunker
revetment either completed or commenced at LHS 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green, 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
green (2), 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway (3) and LHS 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green (2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ground
raised in front of newly raised bridge in front of 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
& 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> greens/approaches mini cored and top dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All
greens pencil tined (6mm solid tines) and rolled behind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fairways
slit tined<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
tee mats washed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
turf on 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tees tip dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Environmental
Work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dead
trees removed from RHS 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BUDDON
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Buddon greens were Star tined (8mm) and rolled and were cut twice during
January. Verti-draining continued on fairways, walkways and on the practice
ground and the bunker floors were loosened as required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Adjustments
and turfing on and around the left and rear of 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green were almost
completed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
back tee at 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> was shaped up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Revetting
alongside path at 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EDUCATION</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Craig
Boath, Stephen Mitchell, Gavin Lowe and I attended BIGGA’s Turf Management
Exhibition in Harrogate where we attended workshops and seminars as well as
finding out the latest developments on products and machinery used in the
Greenkeeping industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Retired
Links Superintendent John Philp paid a visit to the sheds one morning to deliver
a presentation on the History of the Open Championship and the modern day
guidelines for preparing a course for the Open to the staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">PENDING
RETIREMENT</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eric
Watson, our Maintenance Engineer of 25 years, announced that he will be
retiring on 31<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> May. Along with advice from Eric we are in the
process of advertising for the position with the intention of having someone in
place shortly before 31<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> May so that Eric can assist his
replacement to become familiarised with the operations of the Workshop and Golf
Courses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sandy
Reid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Links
Superintendent <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
February 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well this my first real post of the year, the last one being before Christmas. </div>
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Dangerous Jimmy being the fairy on top of the Christmas tree.</div>
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Dangerman was not the only thing i was having to keep an eye on before and during the festive period.</div>
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It was the weather and the high tides,</div>
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causing a lot of headaches and heartbreak. Just when we had cleared up from the last flooding this comes along.</div>
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A lot of work being carried out on the course just now as we try and play catch up.</div>
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The mound in front of the 4th tee has been lowered, a little bit of sand saved and a discovery of three hand hammered gutta-percha balls.</div>
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Mound shaped and re-turfed</div>
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The fairway bunker on the left hand side of the 5th has had the run in raised and the height of the bunker on the left hand side raised at the same time.</div>
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This bunker gets bad with lying water after heavy rain.</div>
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The idea is to raise the sand level too. Job completed more pictures to follow.</div>
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With the flooding of the burn the descision was made to raise all the bridges around the course, starting at the 17th. When the burn level does rise the problem is that the bridges are too low and the water hits off the bridge and gets pushed on to the fairway.</div>
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This week, greens verti-drained with 8mm tines, double rolled, top dressed and brushed in. All greens completed in 3 days. </div>
<br />Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-42718175026884048162013-01-25T10:38:00.000-05:002013-01-25T10:38:06.343-05:00FRIDAY 25TH JANUARY 2013<div align="center">
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<strong><u>LINKS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT</u></strong></div>
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<strong><u>DECEMBER 2012</u></strong></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
early part of December was very cold with the ground being frozen solid and the
daytime temperature rarely above 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">o</span></sup>C. This all changed during the
second week of the month with it becoming being very mild, warmer than average
and at times particularly wet, especially so over the weekend 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> –
23<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> when the culmination of prolonged heavy rain meant the Barry
Burn burst its banks in a few areas causing large areas of standing water and
for much debris to left deposited along its course. This period of heavy rain
also meant the water table rose substantially meaning that the natural drainage
of water across the courses, be it on turf or in bunkers, was severely
affected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WORK ON THE
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
bulk of the work this month was continuing with the Winter Works Programs
across the courses however the cold spell at the start of the month meant that
the gorse management work commenced and the wet weather at the back end of the
month meant that the bulk of our time was spent clearing flood water and tidying/repairing
any resultant damage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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COURSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens were cut once and rolled twice during December and also received an
application of fungicide and Iron Sulphate to prevent disease ingress. The
approaches and surrounds received an application of Iron Sulphate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From
just before Christmas through to the New Year the bulk of the work involved
removing water from the 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
holes by pumping and verti-draining after they suffered from flooding from the
Barry Burn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Removing
slabs etc from alongside 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> tee and driving up-fill sand on to site<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mound
in front of 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee lowered and re-turfed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turfing
of mounds to right and rear of 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green completed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Preparation
work to pathway at 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Preparation
of Island at 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> including the installation of a new irrigation
pipe network and the turfing of the RHS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Removal
and turfing of another section of road along the right side of the 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
green<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Revetting
bunker at LHS 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway and raising run-in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Gorse/Broom
Removal<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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and Broom cutting took place at:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
carry, 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> carry, RHS 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> carry (broom removal also), LHS
14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and LHS15<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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greens were cut once and rolled twice in December and were sprayed selectively
for disease with fungicide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took place on approaches and fairways with ½” tines whilst the tees and
walkways were slit tined. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Works<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turfing
of 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee was completed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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alterations at 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> and 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Weeds
and silt removed from burn at 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>/4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RHS
1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>, LHS 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, RHS 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, RHS 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, LHS
11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, next to 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee, in front of 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee
(roots also removed), LHS 18<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green and around various road
edges/corners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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solid tining on greens commenced and the 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
fairways were verti-drained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Work
commenced on and around the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green to re-contour the left side of
the green down to the lake edge. The bulk of the beach type area within the
confines of the lake was removed during this time with the sand being used to
raise the low area on the approach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Four
bunkers were revetted during December – 2 at the 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 2 at the
RHS of the 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">STAFF
TRAINING</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Stuart
Kerr, Andrew Pickard, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Sutherland attended a course in
Basic Irrigation Design at Elmwood College on the 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-40989276552197309312012-12-10T02:29:00.000-05:002012-12-10T02:29:06.986-05:00Monday 10th December 2012
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<strong><u>LINKS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2012</u></strong></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">November
was a fairly mild month with about average rainfall and a slightly higher than
average temperature. There wasn’t much in the way of wind therefore the courses
didn’t dry up as quickly as we would have hoped after periods of rainfall. The
last week of the month saw some welcome frosts which helped dry out and firm up
the surfaces which made vehicle access to and from jobs less disruptive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WORK ON THE
LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">November
as always sees the start of the Winter Works on the 3 courses and the
commencement of any aeration programmes such as Verti-draining. Winter greens
were established, having any divots plugged and being top-dressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens and surrounds were verti-drained with 13mm tines and top-dressed
immediately to not only fill the holes but to increase the sand content in the
upper soil profile. A cut and a couple of rolls ensued they were back to being
smooth and true within a day or so. Any outstanding Hydro-ject work was
completed and an application of fungicide was made to prevent any disease
outbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Cutting/strimming
of thick rough and sea lyme dominated roughs was completed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tees
and fairways were all top dressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fairways
were verti-drained with 13mm (½”) tines <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Patches
of Yorkshire Fog were plugged on the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> tee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Job
of raising the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> part of the Island on 17 commenced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Excavating
sand from between 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> & 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes for up-filling
the Island<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Low
area on 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway raised and re-turfed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mounds
at right and rear of 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green were stripped and lowered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Braids
bunker lowered by 9”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Road
along side 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green removed and turfed instead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Astro
turf matting removed from path at 8<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Gorse
in front of 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tee reduced in height to improve sight lines<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BURNSIDE<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Greens
were only cut twice during November but along with the approaches were applied
with Sulphate of Iron to harden the grass leaf and help control moss. These
same areas were Verti-drained using 8mm tines to a depth of approximately 18cm
(7”) and rolled a couple of times afterwards to level surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other
work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Old
permanent winter tee mats were removed and turfed over with new portable mats
being put out instead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Verti-draining
of fairways with 13mm tines commenced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Raising
and trimming sprinklers as required<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winter
Works<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Back
tee on 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole was raised and re-turfed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
tee was extended forward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bridges
at 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> and 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> holes were removed to prepare for raising
and replacing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
greens were top dressed and aerated with 8mm cross tines whilst the 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
fairway was scarified completing this sort of work for the season. The new type
of portable winter tee mat was put out on to the par 3 tees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Works<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
fairway, approach and surround of the new 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> hole were turfed
using turf from the 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway of the Championship Course and from
the start of the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> fairway of the Buddon Links<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Work
adjusting the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> green and it’s surround commenced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bunkers
were revetted at the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> greens
along with one at the 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> fairway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New
line of sprinklers was installed on 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> carry/walkway<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">STAFF
TRAINING</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Three
members of staff attended a 4 day training course on fine turf management
presented by the STRI in Kinross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sandy
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Links
Superintendent <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
December 2012<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Carnoustie Golf Linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407144083740847465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843018455896225274.post-72732747273155660272012-11-17T04:44:00.002-05:002012-11-17T04:44:45.914-05:00Saturday 17th November 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well it has been a busy two weeks.</div>
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With the course being shut the last two weeks (Mon-Fri) we have been able to get on with some verti-drain work on greens and fairways.</div>
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1/2 inch tines going down about 9 inches and with no heave - straight in straight out. </div>
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All greens were completed by the Thursday and all the fairways were completed by yesterday.</div>
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Once the greens were verti-drained they were: double rolled, top-dressed, brushed in and double rolled again for golf at the weekend. We are trying to get as much sand in to the profile as possible. 14 tonnes of sand put on the greens that takes us to just under 200 tonnes of top-dressing applied this year.</div>
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Holes filled up.</div>
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Another area to get some top-dressing was the fairways.</div>
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Great to get some sand in when the weather is on your side.</div>
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Last week the main job was lifting the fairway turf from the 17th fairway. This turf was put down at one of the new holes on the Buddon course. All turf saved.</div>
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Big area 3000 sqm of turf</div>
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A start was then made this week to scraping the top soil to one side.</div>
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We will now drive in sand from an area of rough between 10th and 11th. We are trying to raise the fairway up and shape the land so that anymore water that comes from the burn flooding will go back into the Barry Burn rather than sitting on the fairway.</div>
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Another job on the go is at the 9th, a bad area for flooding after heavy rain.</div>
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Again scraping the topsoil which is not that bad and adding more sand underneath</div>
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then adding a scattering of topsoil back on top of the sand.</div>
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As you can see the topsoil is too thick and too rich. It is not allowing water through. Most of the topsoil saved from this job will be mixed with sand and used on other jobs on all three courses.</div>
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Job half completed and we hopefully finish turfing this next week.</div>
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The road at the right hand side of the 6th green has been turfed.</div>
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One of the mounds between the 1st green and 2nd tee has been lowered.</div>
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A mound created between the 18th green and 1st tee to stop golfers coming off the course this way.</div>
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Braids bunker on the 2nd fairway has been lowered. We can now cut the head of this with the fairway mower giving a much better appearance.</div>
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