Course update.

Its that time of year again when the planned winter work schedule compiled by the club and with NRW (Natural resources Wales) consent is upon us,we are currently having to delay the major work such as the slight alterantions to the 17th and vertidraining etc by a couple of weeks as Royal St Davids are proud hosts to the Welsh Professional Championship which im sure there will be some fine golf played over the great links.

However we have been able to start some of the winter work.There has been a section of gorse/bramble removed alongside the exit from 2nd green to the 3rd tee.This will therefore enable us to double the size of the grass pathway which will be installed and manage the wear and traffic more effectively.



Some aeration has also been carried out on the greens,this has been in the form of a solid 8mm pencil tine to a depth of around 4".As we all know,aeration is one of the most important operations on the golf course as the roots of the finer fescue/bent grasses will exploit these air spaces encouraging deeper rooting resulting in healthy turf.Aeration also enables efficient drainage to keep the greens as dry and firm as possible which again favours the fescue and bent grasses.

 The TORO Procore machine used for aeration operations,this machine is exeptionally efficient and produces minimum disturbance for the golfer,you can hardly tell the greens have been aerated,brilliant!

Unfortunately the chafer grubs are back again,the badgers are ripping up some turf in search of these grubs,with the areas having been treated with insecticide there is very little we can do apart from tidying up the areas and reseeding the areas.

There has also been lots going on in keeping up the high presentation standard of the golf  course with some

• Sprinkler head trimming

• Patching of rabbit holes and heavily worn traffic areas with good quality soil and a good depth of quality turf all from our in house turf nursery making this a sustainable operation.

Strimming/flymo around tees /markers.

Regards,
Royal St Davids Links Team.