Course Update 27 March 2018

Drainage:

This week’s focus is completing top drainage (sand slitting) on Holes 1 and 4 with grass seeding to follow. During germination (approx. 3-4 weeks) specific areas will be marked as compulsory G.U.R. Providing the weather co-operates drainage to the front nine will be completed within a couple of weeks.

 

Irrigation:

Fortunately, there has not been little need for irrigation the last week as temperatures have cooled and rain has fallen. We have unfortunately had a burst pipe short and right of the 5^th green which we are currently repairing. We have also had an electric cable fail under the 18th fairway which runs all the sprinklers on Holes 5, 6, 7 and 8. In the short term there is a temporary cable running above ground across the 18^th fairway but as soon as we can we will be trenching that cable into the ground as we have done on other holes.

Paths:

As I am sure you have seen, much work has been put into the new paths at various places around the course. These new additions will help to get all golfers to get to crucial areas of the course with less time spent slopping through the mud in times of high rainfall.

Spraying

We are in the process of catching up with our spraying programme, this last week we have been able to get a good percentage of the weeds and boundary lines sprayed. Over the next two weeks, weather conditions permitting this will be complete.

As you can appreciate the number of spraying days are impacted by weather conditions – rain and wind particularly.

Course Staff profile: Nick Hanna

Each course update I would like to introduce a member of our awesome golf course maintenance team.

Nick is 21 years old, born and raised in sunny Nelson. He has been with us at Remuera Golf Club for almost a year now after spending some time working in Hamilton. Nick says he really enjoys the busy atmosphere and wide range of opportunities to explore. His passion in life is playing sports, especially golf. In his spare time, he enjoys photography while flying his drone taking and going for weekend rides on his motorbike. He sees his role at RGC as a great opportunity to work on a course similar to the one he spent so many hours at as a youth. He has a deep passion for golf and maintenance and as a result has been offered an apprenticeship with Remuera Golf Club which will start in May 2018. We are thrilled to have Nick on our team!