Golf Societies 2020

Come play the ‘Hidden Gem’ and host course of the 2019 ISPS Handa World Invitational golf tournament – (European Tour) Special discounts available for 16 player or more! All-inclusive packages available, golf, golf buggies and meals.

 

Course update Massereene Golf Club

Three staff will work on the course maintaining playing areas and carrying out essential maintenance on the course.

With limited staff and the working environment created by social distancing it is harder to get a lot of day to day jobs done. 

Staff work as individuals instead of a team like they normally would.

Course  

To give you a rough idea of what happens during this time we spoke with Mark and got a breakdown on most of the work that will be carried out over the coming weeks. 

Course works are carried out on a daily, weekly and seasonal basis. 

From the points below you can see there is plenty of work to keep our staff extremely busy, especially with limited staff and more stringent working conditions.

Below shows a breakdown of jobs that take place on a daily, weekly and seasonal basis. Also, an insight into cutting heights now and during the playing season –

• Rough – cut to 50 mm (during a tournament this would reach 100mm)
• Semi rough – cut to 25 mm to help create definition and some more playability for slightly errant shots
• Tee banks with semi rough mower – cut to 25 mm
• Tee banks that can’t be cut with rough mower are cut with a strimmer/flymo
• Greens Cut – cut to 5 mm – during the summer this would go down to 3mm
• Fairways – cut to 20 mm but during the season they will be cut between 12-15mm depending on growth rate and thickness
• Approaches/aprons – cut to 15 mm down to 12 mm during the season
• Tees – cut to 15 mm down to 12 mm during the season
• Spraying around Tree bases
• Clubhouse area – garden work and maintenance 
• Verti-cutting greens – removing excess leaf growth and creating smoother putting surfaces
• 15th / 16th Penalty areas – Strimming edges
• Repair and redressing of pathways

Currently grass heights are being kept higher due to lack of growth and density after the winter period, this also reduces the stress the grass is put under and allows it to strengthen for the playing season and the daily traffic the course will see. With the growing season starting and an increase number of cuts the grass will become denser and stronger in the coming weeks.

Topdressing and fertilizing will be delayed for as long as possible to save on budget and will be applied when play starts again to see maximum benefit. 

We hope everyone is keeping safe, Mark and his team look forward to welcoming you back to the club. 

Our goal is to have the course prepared and ready in the best possible condition when we welcome back all our members and visitors.

 

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