Course Managers Update - Around the Greens in November 2024

Spring has certainly sprung! 

October recorded an average maximum of 25 degrees, with a couple of days over 30 degrees to get us in the mood for summer. The 51mm of rainfall helped to  keep things nice and green and the dams full.

The Greens performed absolutely beautifully during October and for the Championships. The surfaces were firm and true with speeds averaging 10’ 5”. A mini coring is scheduled for the 10th and 11th of November and  we are trialling a new product for the control of warm season grass such as Kikuyu and Couch encroaching into the edges of our greens. So far this is working well and I’m looking to have all greens done by the time we do renovations. The collars on the 15th and the 18th will be sprayed out and replaced with Couch in November continuing the project to get all collars uniform and remove the “step” around green edges. 

The tees are starting to pick up with the warmer nighttime temperatures. Tee renovations will be similar to the greens renovations with hollow tine coring and amendment application, scheduled for the end of November. 

Fairways have been very good throughout October. Several areas have been turfed where Ground Pearl are present and fairway renovation is also scheduled for November. This year we will be breaking up the surfaces with an attachment on our Ventrac called an “aerovator”, before applying 5 tonnes of gypsum. 

The 5th bunker face repair has been completed and both are now in play. The 7th bunker face has been built out by a metre and re-turfed. Sand will be added once the bunker is ready to return to play. 

Tree work was carried out on the 5th ,6th & 9th with dead trees being removed, some branches trimmed and stumps ground. 

Shay Tasker

Course Manager

Carnarvon Golf Club