Baanbericht 25 januari 2012

INTERNET UPDATE

This is the first maintenance update of 2012. On reflection on 2011 we had a very productive maintenance year. The weather was extreme from snow in Febraury to drought in April to wet end of Summer to then very mild end of year temperatures. The overall condition of the golf course was to my standards satisfactory, we had a few regional competitions which were successful. We are making steady progress in the overall condition of the golf course.

To start this calendar year we are planning major renovation work through the designer Frank Pont , myself and the committee. We are scheduled to construct many fairway bunkers and improve hole two greenside bunkers, and the driving range bunker. Also re-shape the contours surrounding green 11. Many trees and shrubs have been planted to improve the surroundings and to protect golfers from big hitters.

The golf course maintenance over the coming months will be very intense and the occasional hole closer will occur in February and March. We will verti-drain all the fairways and Driving range, aerofy all the greens/tees/ and aprons, top dress greens/tees/and aprons, fertilise everywhere and spray the greens with a fungicide once the soil temperature reaches above 8 degrees. The very mild winter so far has encouraged the desease fusarium on all the greens. This is very common on all greens in Holland and unfortunately we cannot spray unitl the temperatures are right. I will open the normal greens as often as possible, but the weather sometimes interferes.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and 2012 will be a successful year for everybody.