tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207388585980649102024-03-14T05:59:36.546+00:00Ealing Golf Course Agronomy DepartmentProviding Information on the Maintenance of the Golf CourseEaling Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-52005606119372869812015-10-29T20:26:00.000+00:002015-10-29T20:31:20.553+00:00Golf Course Renovations<br />
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Along with our drainage project this autumn the Greenstaff have been busy with end of season renovations this October. All the main playing areas have been renovated, with fairways the last to be finished today. It's certainly been a busy month!</div>
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We decided to tweak our greens programme this year. Instead of going with the usual deep tine and heavy sand dressing in the autumn, we pushed that forward to mid-summer and this autumn went less aggressive. We tried a new machine called the A2G2 which puts compressed air down to a depth of around 300mm and then followed that up with an 8mm micro tine on the top. </div>
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No sand was applied as over 150tonnes had already been applied by the end of the summer. The theory is to work on both shallow and deep aeration at certain stages throughout the year setting them up for the winter ahead.</div>
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The work went well and greens have recovered very well. We will use our comprehensive data programme to analyse results to see if this is a new path for us to take.</div>
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Along with the greens the tees were deep aerated, sanded, seeded and then fertilised. The approaches have been deep aerated and fairways scarified and deep aerated. Walkways and stress areas too have been worked on. Combined with our drainage improvements, the aim is to provide top quality golf in the off season to go along with the already excellent playing surfaces in the main season. </div>
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-44869982404390355222015-10-05T19:43:00.000+01:002015-10-29T20:11:40.576+00:00Drainage Project Recommences - Year 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year we are concentrating on the 6th and 7th fairways, whilst linking in to the area to the right of the 12th green. Over 2000 metres of pipework was installed. The 6th fairway in particular proved very challenging. Unfortunately the ditch (which is the outlet) sits slightly higher than the fairway.</div>
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The weather was superb during this works and even though the hours were long and hard, the procedures went very smooth. This week we are now concentrating on 'snag jobs' with lots of gullies and headwalls with tidal flaps being installed.</div>
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From next week we will start to link up the primary drainage with secondary by means of our 'gravel bander'. This has proved very successful on our clay based golf course and helps to move the water sideways in to the pipes. We set the bands at 0.8metres, with the main drains sitting in general at 10 metre centres.</div>
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We are really pleased with the work so far and will continue over the whole of October.</div>
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Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-50684691428887357532015-09-21T20:10:00.001+01:002015-09-21T20:10:54.383+01:002015 Groundstaff Trophy<pre style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;">Last Saturday was our annual Groundstaff Trophy and a great day it was too! The weather was kind, the course busy and the scoring good. Ready Golf had mixed reviews but the fact that it took four and half hours instead of the usual five for a shotgun proved its merit. On the day the winner was Drew Nugent who scored an excellent 50 points off a 5 handicap, followed by Des Crizzle in second and Paul Groarke in third.
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Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-24567786214814119932015-08-28T20:21:00.002+01:002015-08-28T20:21:56.050+01:00The River Brent.......Wow!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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On Wednesday the river burst its banks and it was some sight. The club estimates that 50% (yes 50%) was under water on Wednesday afternoon as a thunderstorm hit West London. This could not have happened at a worse time as it was halfway through Golf Week, with the am-am and scratch open this coming weekend. Not to worry though as the greenstaff went straight to work and by Saturday morning everything will be back to normal with just a few spots treated as G.U.R. Who said it was all about cutting grass!</div>
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This morning we had one of our full on mornings where all major playing surfaces get cut. The greenstaff were in at 5am preparing the course for the London Irish Charity day. This work mostly goes unseen but anyone who witnesses it will see some sight. Greens were cut and rolled, with fairways,tees and collars all cut. It is an intense 4 hour period as by 9am the staff were all off the golf course. Quite some buzz we can assure you!<br />
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With minimal work done to the fairways in 120 years, as you can image thatch will build up and in big numbers! For the last 3 years we have been adding drainage to our fairways and now halfway through the plan. This consists of installing pipe in the ground and then connecting the system with secondary drainage. The next stage is to improve the top soil and reduce the carpet which sits on top. The program consisted of the following:<br />
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<li>All cores then collected with our Wessex scarifier set at ground level (to reduce scalping)</li>
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The fairways are 10 hectares in total and by our estimations we removed 40million cores. The next stage will be to scarify three times per year and finish with a verti-drain in the autumn. We have taken some organic matter cores and have had them tested. It will be interesting to see how these numbers fair over the next few years!</div>
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When you have two major projects going on at the same time it requires a lot of organisation and commitment from all parties. From the clubs side we have hole closures, disruption and only allow members to play. On the agronomy side the greenkeeping team work long hard hours and of course there is an expense to everything. We hope its worth it!<br />
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As it was two projects we have split this weeks blog in to two parts. Part 1 is below about the greens operation. Part 2 will follow in another blog and contain the fairway operation. We hope you enjoy the read!<br />
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Our usual spring renovations took place on these areas. They were deep verti-drained at a 200mm depth on a 40mm spacing with a 12mm tine. 80tonnes of sand was applied first and after they had been spiked, the remainder of the week was about brushing the sand in to the holes. It finished with a few vibro-rolls to smooth the surfaces and 'shake' the sand in further. Conditions were ideal and below is a slideshow of the operation complete with captions.<br />
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The operation is very time consuming. To cut the majority of grass we have a big 'flail' machine which will cut and collect as it goes along. We aim to cut it right down to the base of the plant, but have to do this in stages as the hay is quite tough and matted. To add to the workload there are many areas where a machine can't get in to or it is to dangerous to do so. These areas have to be done with strimmers, with the grass being collected by hand. It is quite labour intense and may take a number of weeks to complete. Hopefully in the long run it will be worth it!<br />
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-25166626985925303382014-12-12T11:06:00.000+00:002014-12-12T11:06:48.455+00:00New Tee added to the front of the 11thOver the last two weeks we have added a small front tee to the 11th teeing area. Installing a new tee always seems like a simple task, but it is time comsuming and implementing it correctly is a must. The new tee has been added to provide the laides with a slightly forward teeing position and to help wear in this area. A suitable teeing area on a short par 4 should be between 300 and 400m2. Before this tee went in we only had 170m2 and in the winter the tee used to look very tidied. This addtional tee wont get us up to the required size, but it will help to relieve the pressure.<br />
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Some of the trees to the right will have to be felled but we will do this at a later date. As you can see from the pictures below, the roots of these trees go all over that area and in to the drainage channels. If we don't remove certain ones, then the condition of this tee will deteriorate very quickly. The ones further up will be 'root pruned'.<br />
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Below are a few pictures of the process that went in to installing a new tee.<br />
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-12062857347792744022014-10-24T08:44:00.000+01:002014-10-24T08:44:02.599+01:00Tournament Preparation at The London Club<b>Two of our Greenkeepers attended the World Matchplay at The London Club last week to prepare the course for the tournament. Below is the experience of one of them. Quite a two days! </b><br />
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<i>If you had said to me two years ago that I would have been cutting greens at The London Club on the Volvo World Match Play tournament, I would have wondered about your sanity, but that is exactly what happened!</i><br />
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Day one: Saturday 18th October.
After a very early start to the day (4 a.m. and I’m not even going away on holiday!)
My deputy at Ealing Wes L<span style="color: blue;">enihan</span> and myself arrived at the London Club for the team briefing at 6 a.m. It was my first time doing something like this, but Wes has previously worked on a few of these big competitions. Wentworth being one. So expecting nothing more than being allocated bunker raking and blowing duties, I was given my jobs and set out to get my first look at the course, which I have to say was a real eye opener.</i><br />
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<i>The quality and the hard work that the lads had put in prior to the event was clear to see and it looked amazing. A few things that stood out on the day but one was using fresh dry grass clippings spread over fairways then brushed in to colour up the slightly discoloured parts due to the heavy rain that had fallen. The weather that week, and leading up to the competition, had not been fair on the boys in preparation. So much so I heard that they tried to get the helicopter pilot that was flying the players in, to fly over the course to try to move the standing water off the course with his downdraft. This may be a great idea in theory (and maybe this is something we can use at Ealing) but didn't quite work so well in practise!</i><br />
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<i>After a nice pleasant start to the day, things took an interesting turn. I heard after two cuts that the greens were running below 11 feet (which is not where the tour and the London Club wanted them to be), so this involved the greens being cut again. After a discussion over the radio, it was decided to send a 7th two-man team out to cut the greens a third time. This is where it started to get a bit scary as I got asked if I would mind cutting greens. My head was saying ‘don’t do it’, but somehow I managed to say ‘yeah! For sure!’. My confidence wasn’t helped when a colleague, Ollie Hook from Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, kindly reminded me that it was the World Match Play covered by Sky!</i><br />
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<i>Suddenly, there I was on a Toro fairway Mower, towing a Toro Flex 21 thinking ‘what on earth have I let myself in for?’. I was cutting greens but the Stimp was still coming back below where they wanted it to be. So this led to another cut, and another cut and after that three more cuts, totalling five!</i><br />
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<i>With more cuts meant that stripes were getting very difficult to see by this stage and after the 5th cut they were running where they wanted it to be, just above 11. My morning ended by cutting three greens 10 times!
That was the morning over with and back to the yard, which I have to say was a fantastic set up. We were well fed by the London Club and looked after brilliantly.</i><br />
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<i>Day 2 Sunday 19th October:
After coming down from what can only be described as a high after cutting tournament greens, I was back for my second day ready to prep the course for the semi finals and final. So there we were, sitting in the team briefing which was taken by course manager Peter Todd and Head Greenkeeper of the International Course, Paul Kennedy. We were allocated jobs and I was surprised to find that I had been put on the greens team of 8 pairs. When we set out in monsoon like weather the words, ‘what am I doing?’ did come to mind. The greens were cut twice Sunday morning, then rolled and were running at 11.4. Everyone seemed to be happy with that, so no need for any more cuts before the first groups.</i><br />
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<i>The greens were cut one more time ahead of the final. I am happy to report back that the cutting and course set up went smoothly and it was a pleasure to be representing Ealing Golf Club.</i><br />
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<i>What can I say! I had a very enjoyable two days and would like to thank all the London Club boys for making us feel really welcome. Peter Todd and Paul Kennedy for giving us all this opportunity and looking after us so well. The course you would admit looked fantastic on TV and even more stunning when you were there. It wouldn’t be surprising to see even bigger competitions held there in the future.</i><br />
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Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-11558359037346750072014-10-13T14:56:00.001+01:002014-10-13T14:56:34.164+01:00Drainage Project Recommences - 2nd Hole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our drainage project recommenced a couple of weeks ago where we tackled the 2nd hole. Right from the tee, through the fairway and on to the green were trenched, piped and backfilled. All playing areas had turf cut off so that the finished product would be a lot cleaner. In one week we managed to install 2000metres of drainage. That was the easy bit. Over the next couple of weeks we will be picking up snagging areas which can slow things down!<br />
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Below is a picture of the area by the 5th tee this morning. It is after 20mm of rain overnight and has come off the 2nd fairway that has been newly drained. The easy bit is moving water off playing areas but the hard bit is then getting it to go somewhere. All our drainage goes in to existing drainage by the river Brent. This is where things can slow down as these areas are generally hard to work around.<br />
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Once we have finished the main snagging later this week, the remainder of the month will be working on 'secondary drainage'. We have always said that secondary is as important as primary. You obviously need primary to take the water away but if it can't get there in the first place it will be pointless. From next week all the areas that we have drained over the past 3-years will be aerated and top-dressed. We will also be installing 'gravel bands' with our Shelton bander to new newly installed drainage. </div>
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The green was built to a top specification but instead of using traditional seed or turf, we used 'poa cores' from our main greens to act as a seedbed. It was very successful and allowed us to push the green to the limits very soon whilst retaining the same characteristics as the main greens.<br />
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The first cut took place two weeks after the cores were laid with the height set at 6mm. We then feed, watered and top-dressed on a regular basis until we had gained full coverage. With 3 weeks to go we switched the maintenance plan from a 'grow in' programme to a normal maintenance one. This meant that the frequency of cut increased but water and fertiliser decreased. We opened with the height of cut on the green at 2mm and stimping at 10 feet. Not many grass species that can do this in such a short amount of time.<br />
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All the greenstaff played a part but special mention should go to Olly (our shaper), Keith Buckingham and Wes Lenihan, who was responsible for the grow part. As well as the green we widened the path, moved a gate and installed new nets besides it (thanks Sukhdev). All this from previously undeveloped waste ground.<br />
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It is now open and there for the enjoyment of our members and guests. Special thank you must go to our Captain Mike Shilling (who drove the project forward) and Ricky Willison, our club pro who designed it. Below is a slideshow of each stage taking place. Enjoy!<br />
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Last month we commissioned an ecology report by James Hutchinson BSc (hons). His brief was to look at how we do things from an ecology side and what we can do in the future to improve this area. Over the years the 'green' side of the industry has taken a bit of a back seat but in todays market if used correctly can become a powerful tool. We have always tried to do everything correctly at Ealing but when budgets become tight everything has to be justified. We believe if you can get turf maintenance and ecology working together, then this gives you a great product to market.<br />
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Over the years we have done many things to try and improve our ecology. For instance our pesticide usage has been heavily reduced over the past decade. Another area that has been introduced are certain 'Hay' areas around the course which has given a nice backdrop to an urban environment. On top of this it has created definition and increased golfer challenge. What it has also done is reduce labour requirements and fuel. Before a lot of these hay areas were introduced the rough cut used to take three days to complete. Now our rough mower is only out there for one and a half days. The challenge then becomes to try and make these areas not to penal so that it slows up play with golfers looking for golf balls. Not an easy thing to do on a parkland, meadow land environment such as here at Ealing.<br />
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What was also good to hear is that the new chipping green that has been implemented was thought by James to be very sustainable. The fact that we used 'poa cores' from our own greens is a much better way of implementing a new green than trying to import new seed or turf off site. Actually he was quite impressed with our greens, which in some peoples eyes are thought of as a weed. Good ball roll smoothness was one thing that he commented on.<br />
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-64862796734291250212014-06-21T10:43:00.001+01:002014-06-21T10:43:27.821+01:00Controlling moisture during dry periodsNow that we are in to a nice dry period controlling moisture in our greens becomes a priority. During a hot, dry period it is very easy just to switch on the irrigation system and overwater the greens. If you did this not only would the agronomics be affected but from a playability view point, the ball tends to 'snake' along instead of rolling smoothly. At Ealing we have a number of tools such as a weather station that gives us the information to allow us to make informed decisions on watering. However there was a tool that came out several years ago which really changed the way we water. It's called a moisture meter!<br />
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We use the Fieldscout TDR100 and 300 to measure moisture content in the greens. Our Course Manager was out this morning measuring every green to see how each is performing. A Fieldscout uses Time Domain Reflectometry technology. It basically sends a signal between two probes which then converts to a percentage. The higher the percentage the more resistance which means more moisture.<br />
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At Ealing because our greens are clay based (fine particles) we will have a lot higher readings that say a sand based green (medium/coarse particles). The figure that we are trying to reach are between 30 and 35%. If they go below the greens tend to get crusty and hydrophobic. Above and they get soft with the ball plugging. From the figures below 12 greens were in the correct zone this morning with 7 under and none over. We will now tweak those 7 greens to try and bring up their percentages slightly. During periods such as this we will take a single green reading daily (2nd green) and all 18 three to four times per week. Another tool which allows us to maximise our greens performance!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moisture Readings Saturday 21st June</td></tr>
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Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-34388484832148234452014-05-30T21:32:00.000+01:002014-05-30T21:32:58.531+01:00Construction to the Chipping Green begins!Over the last 2 weeks we have been working on our new chipping green project. So far all the trees in the area (apart from the Yew tree) have been cleared, rootballs removed, green has been shaped and drainage,gravel carpet and rootzone added. It has been an intense period and the weather hasn't been to kind, but we are quite happy with progress so far. Constructing any new project takes careful planning and all stages has to go in sequence. As the area is tight manoeuvrability can be hard, so taking our time making sure everything is done right is our number one priority. It pays long term to do so.<br />
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Over the bank holiday weekend drainage was installed along with a 'gravel carpet' at a 100mm depth and rootzone at 250mm. It is the backbone behind the greens performance and allows water movement to be controlled. This weekend we will be adding the irrigation system and shaping the surrounds. Once this is completed we hope to apply the poa cores on Monday, with turfing of the surrounds following soon afterwards. We then enter the 'grow in' stage when the count down begins to our opening date of early September. It will be intense but well worth it!<br />
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-77758602624063710152014-05-23T19:34:00.001+01:002014-05-23T19:34:34.228+01:00TP Tour Comes to Ealing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Monday the TP Tour came to Ealing to play the 2nd London Pairs Tournament. This was held for the first time last year and features up and coming pro's and amateurs, as well as established tour processionals. It was a fourball better ball tournament with 38 pairs playing 18 holes, with the top 6 scores going in to a 4-hole 'shoot out'! Defending Champions James Heath and Adam Gee successfully defended their title. It was good to see as they are both former winners of our Ealing Scratch Open and always good supporters of the golf club.<br />
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For the agronomy team it was a good chance for us to show off our golf course. Many long hours went in to this event and the feedback from the players was excellent. The course was well defined and greens were running at 13.25 feet. Our own Course Manager and Director of Golf played as a team. They even complained that the uphill putts seemed fast!<br />
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Last week it was confirmed that our new chipping green would proceed with construction set to start week commencing the 19th May. Over the last few years it is a project that has gathered pace and we are keen to implement this straight away now that funding has been agreed. The design has been jointly done by Weller Design and our own Pro, Ricky Willison. The area that has been agreed on is the new clearance on the way to the 9th tee. Space is tight with the whole area only totally just over 600m2, but we feel with careful thought and design we will get a top playing surface that we desire!<br />
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The project is being managed by our Course Manager Greg Evans and underwritten by our present Captain and immediate past Captain. Because the area is tight and light will be an issue we have decided to install it to full USGA specifications but with a twist! Instead of the industry norm of turf or seed being used we will be 'coring' a couple of our existing greens and using those cores as the seedbed. It is something that we did a couple of years ago with our turf nursery and worked a treat.<br />
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The aim is to construct and build mid-May with the cores going down early June. As we plan to open the area for the autumn meeting in September it will give us 3 months to grow in and open to a top standard. The specification for the area is as follows:<br />
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<li>Green to be built to full USGA specifications which consists of a 100mm gravel carpet with 300mm of predominately sand sitting on top</li>
<li>Whole area to be fully irrigated and drained</li>
<li>50mm 'sand cap' will be used on the surrounding area, with rye turf </li>
<li>Path to be widened from 1 to 2metres</li>
<li>9th gate to be moved from its existing position 5 metres further up the footpath making the walk from the 8th green to 9th tee straighter</li>
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At present we are thinking of adding a small bunker but there are some safety issues attached to this. We will decided once rough shaping has taken place.<br />
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It is a small but exciting project for us. As usual it has many challenges but is something that we enjoy. Our aim is to produce a chipping green which is of the same standard as the main greens if not better. We will do update blogs throughout the project. All that we hope for is that the weather is kind! <br />
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-23077390545984122512014-05-02T14:20:00.001+01:002014-05-02T14:20:43.976+01:00First Major of the Year - Spring Meeting!As we approach our first major of the year the course has really taken shape over the last month. This is always a funny time of year for the greenstaff as we are finishing winter snagging jobs whilst getting the course ready for the playing season. In April our cutting regimes intensified with greens going from two to three cuts up to daily. Also other areas such as fairways have increased from once a week to three times. Heights of cuts have come down with greens now cut at our summer height of 2mm. We are getting lots of compliments at the moment which is always nice to hear.<br />
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For the weekend the main focus will be on the greens. Instead of just cutting they will be rolled as well. It will increase the speed from a daily stimp meter reading of 11 feet up to 12 or beyond. Smoothness will also increase and having just done a smoothness test we are happy that we have hit our first 10 out of 10 for the season. Pin positions will be a bit tougher and it will certainly feel like a major. It's always nice when the spring meeting comes along as for EGC it signals the start of the playing season!<br />
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The last two weeks have been very intense at EGC. Last week all the greens,tees,approaches and collars were given their spring renovations. The main focus of the week was aeration and sanding with the greens receiving 40tonnes on their own. This week the intensity went up another level and 380 metres of drainage was installed in to the 15th fairway and snagging areas on the 1st,8th and 11th holes. This is part of our overall drainage programme which is into its second year now. With this work completed we now have 13 fairways and approaches which we consider 'acceptable' in extreme weather. Work is planned to the second fairway in the autumn and in year 4 all fairways should be up to standard.</div>
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The pictures below give you an idea of the work which took place. We did 850metres over the week and with the 800metres last autumn, it has been a good winter. The work consisted of turf cutting the turf off, trenching out the drain lines, backfilling with sand, consolidating and finally putting the turf back on. It was a great team effort and once these areas settle down secondary drainage will be installed with a gravel bander.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marking out the 15th approach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gully pots going in to the 15th fairway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marking out irrigation lines</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenching across the 15th fairway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">382metres installed in the 15th fairway in 3 days</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marking out the 8th approach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turf cut off the 8th green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice to know the aeration/spiking programme is working!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical greenkeepers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trench finish on the 8th green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Consolidating the sand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8th Approach all finished</td></tr>
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-49171646445004831972014-03-18T13:05:00.000+00:002014-03-18T13:05:22.103+00:00Number 10 Downing Street for one of our Greenkeepers!A couple of weeks ago one of our assistant's Ryan Bezzant visited Downing Street during national apprenticeship week. Ryan joined us last autumn and enrolled on the NVQ scheme. He was picked by the Greenkeepers Training Committee to represent the industry as one of the government trailblazers organisations. <br />
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The day went really well and Ryan met the Chancellor George Osborne. He commented on the day '<i>it was a truly memorable occasion and one I will remember for the rest of my life. I now want to focus on my apprenticeship at Ealing and thank the golf club for supporting me'.</i><br /><br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-21814322316764159082014-02-13T16:30:00.002+00:002014-02-21T09:18:06.998+00:00AdiZero update<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgJ05V_CMAAGLN0.jpg:large" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="media-image" data-height="1024" data-width="1024" height="200" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgJ05V_CMAAGLN0.jpg:large" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="200" /></a>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Today, the Course Manager Greg Evans and Director
of Golf Ricky Willison met up with Adidas Golf. This was to discuss the issue
EGC have with the Adidas Zero golf shoe. For those of you who are unaware let
us remind you. We first noticed a problem when one of our members
reported back that someone was playing golf with football boots on. This
was very noticeable on the greens and after some investigation
from our Course Manager (mainly through greenkeeping blogs) we found out that
there was an issue with certain types of golf shoes. One in particular (The Adizero tour) was receiving several bad reviews. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After much
deliberation, we decided to put a ban on these shoes until further notice. We
published this on our blog in December (<a href="http://egcagronomy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/adidas-zeros-are-not-welcome-at-egc.html"><span style="color: #0f39ca;">http://egcagronomy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/adidas-zeros-are-not-welcome-at-egc.html</span></a>)
and several other clubs followed suit. This has caused quite a
stir amongst the golfing community. Normally our blogs receive between 150 to
200 views. With this one we have nearly reached 4000!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">During today's meeting, Adidas were very
positive and came armed with their new 'improved' model as well as several others. It
also became apparent to us just how much technology goes in to making a
golf shoe. The days of just sticking 7 or 8 spikes in a shoe have long
gone! Now it is all about pressure points and comfort.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They explained that performance from the 'Golfer
to the golf green' is their number one priority. The Course Manager tested
the new shoes on the 18th green. What he felt is the new cleat (which is softer
and at less of an angle) is a lot more green friendly than the old
one, but based on today's conditions these were still deemed
unacceptable to the greens. We then tested other models (some of which
have yet to be released) and these are a lot more friendly to the turf. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So in conclusion we feel that the adizero's, new &
old, are still unacceptable for our greens, but we have been assured that
as conditions improve this will change. For the time being, the ban continues
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We would like to thank Adidas for taking the time to
come and visit us at Ealing and we were delighted to hear that they
take this subject very seriously. We would also like to clarify that we have no
issue with any other Adidas shoes. In fact, we would like to
state that we would take a similar stance with any shoe that
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Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-3585881863292705652014-02-07T13:35:00.000+00:002014-02-07T13:35:17.764+00:00The River Has Burst Its Banks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPXOD-n4tTane4kzxOWqVF_4LNSlwcppW6_c-juGxRkw6GNnjOTEk7eFchS3koGuOFXy-9X2rrUwxR2SvEluPnToc7FDGkd-xo5VY6maUH5mMjjan4aXMRR1-b44cOCWSnXHTu6Nyt1Kt/s1600/IMG_2697+(Copy).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPXOD-n4tTane4kzxOWqVF_4LNSlwcppW6_c-juGxRkw6GNnjOTEk7eFchS3koGuOFXy-9X2rrUwxR2SvEluPnToc7FDGkd-xo5VY6maUH5mMjjan4aXMRR1-b44cOCWSnXHTu6Nyt1Kt/s1600/IMG_2697+(Copy).JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a>Unfortunately the river decided to burst its banks this morning. After all the rainfall that we have had over the past two months it is not surprising to see the river level topple over the edge. To date we feel that we have been quite lucky. With all this record rainfall it has only come over 3 times, which compared to other parts of the country is more than acceptable. Our drainage in these areas have been updated over the years. So once the river level drops it will go back in quite nicely. For instance on Saturday it came over but by Sunday we had all 18 holes open.<br />
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The clear up as you can image can be quite hard and messy. The worst is when we have silt being deposited on the golf course but this only happens in extreme cases. On average the river bursts it's banks 5 to 6 times per year. As it has already gone over twice this year we have had 33% disruption so far. You've always got to look on the bright side!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big carry today to the 12th fairway</td></tr>
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<br />Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-91663595138816736492014-01-27T13:10:00.001+00:002014-01-27T13:32:18.878+00:00Hand Cutting GreensAfter every blog that we seem to write lately it is with the anticipation of better weather. The last time that our weather station recorded no rain in a single day was the 10th December. Since then we have over 220mm of rain and the forecast is for more to come.<br />
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During intense periods such as this course maintenance as you will guess becomes an issue. We have many construction projects on the go but for actually cutting playing surfaces it becomes a problem. The only area that can be maintained and kept to a good standard are the greens. Over the years we have worked on their drainage capabilities. Not through the traditional method of land drainage but more on the rootzone side. We have done this by having a good deep aeration and sanding programme in place for the last 8 years. This allows the water to 'float' in the rootzone away from the top surface. It is paying dividends as during this intense wet spell we have not closed or gone on temporary greens.<br />
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The video above shows Mitchel cutting our 13th green with a hand mower. For the vast majority of time we use ride-on mowers to cut the greens but when ground conditions become soft we switch to hand mowers. These keep the greens in tip top condition even during the winter months. Our smoothness readings for the last two weeks have been 9.5 out of 10. Not bad considering it's January the weather we are having!</div>
Ealing Golf Course Agronomy Departmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221809206423880894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-720738858598064910.post-62338473896230587762014-01-11T07:33:00.000+00:002014-01-11T07:33:03.607+00:00Root Pruning<div style="text-align: left;">
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Over the last 5 years we have implemented a root pruning programme around the golf course. Being on a tight (88acres) parkland setting trees play a major part in the set up of our golf course. They add strategy and give the golf course its identity. However on the flip side they block out sunlight and restrict air flow. All needed to create a healthy plant. One other thing that they have which are not very welcome are their roots. The root of a tree extends at least double the size of its canopy. So next time you walk past a tree think about that. If it stands 30metres high, its roots will be around 60metres wide. Probably going on to a green and tee:(<br />
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Our root pruning programme has been predominately based around greens and tees. Last year we did the Oaks behind the 5th green. We were starting to notice in the summer months that this green was drying out a lot quicker than the others and was susceptible to disease far quicker. Since we cut the roots back last May this has been reversed. This week we carried on with the programme and the Ash tree by the 13th green had its roots cut back. This tree is only 5metres away from the green which is way too close. Ideally the Ash wouldn't be here but it plays an important part in the defence of the 13th hole. Trimming the roots back is a happy compromise:)</div>
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