COURSE NEWS
General Course Works
Aiming to re-lay and level the 10th, 17th and back part of 13th tee Mid December after club championships.
Fairways will be cut slightly lower to improve the fairways then revert back to normal heights.
Tee heights will be lowered also to improve playability and appearances
Volunteers Report
OCTOBER
Day One
Followed the coring machine around the course and clean the greens of all corrs then loaded them for transport to a temporary storage.
Day Two
Following the extremely strong winds on the night of Sunday the 1st September, the team toured the course and loaded eleven tractor trailer loads of tree debris and transported to the mulching area.
Day Three
Mulched the rose garden at the end of the practice green and also on the garden behind the 15th tee.
Constructed a granitic sand path around part of the decking.
Loaded a large skip bin with obsolete materials following maintenance around the club house and cleaned up the area around the old house.
Removed three trailer loads of green waste from around the course.
Greens Mowing
Ground staff have right of way at all times.
Course Maintenance Plan
Weekly Course Schedules
Greens– mowed, dew whipped or rolled- 7 days a week
Holes cut- Monday AM, Friday arvo, Sunday – caps changed
Fairways– mowed- weekly- as required- less often during winter
Bunkers– raked Tuesday, Friday
Edges- trimmed – as required
Constant manage sand depth
Tees/ Surrounds
Tee plate Rotation- twice week
Tee Divot repair- weekly
Mowing- weekly
General–
Rough cut – as required- 40ml-50ml heights.
Ball washers/ Bins/ Sand boxes, Buckets, Car park clean weekly/ twice weekly-
Annual Maintenance Plan
Greens
Dusted- every 4-6 weeks- typically Mondays- course staff have right of way beginning August 2024
Note- Monday comp may be suspended on occasions if course maintenance doesn’t allow for comp to be played
Small Aerated – as required
Fertilizer/ Feed – as required
Weed/ Disease eradication- as required
Greens Renovation Corring- September / Mid March 2025
Fairways
Pre emergent spray winter grass- Autumn
Post eradication spray of winter grass- Winter
Aerated – as required
Bunkers
Walk in / re-shape faces –
Tees/ Surrounds
Tee levelling- sanding/ top dressing / seeding – as required
General
Rough clean up- volunteers/ staff after storm damage
Arborist- regular
Irrigation
Sprinklers under review
Putting Green Master Plan (inc 1st/6th tee, practice nets and removal of Old Golfshop)
8th Hole – post Melbourne Water Project
Concept design attached for re-instatement at the end of the project with Melbourne Water via TP golf.
9th Hole – Bunker rebuild design
Note- Holes 5 and 18 completed in 2023.
Course Master plan
The 2010 Course Master Plan is attached below that is used as a guide for future works.