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Course August

Volunteers A big THANK YOU to all volunteers this week. Too many to thank individually, but we had over 30 people helping Monday and Thursday. There were representatives from Ladies, Gents and Juniors. The group sanded 7 fairways, all tee boxes, strimmed around avenue trees, and cleared spinney. Many hands make light work, we will organise another day in August.…

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Course Report April 2024

Weather Weather is not on our side however we hope to move to 18 holes as soon as the 16th/17th/18th get a good few drying Days. Target to go 18 Holes is 19th April. Thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding and a big thanks to our hard-working Course Team to present the course recently considering the awful weather…

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Course Report March 2024

Greens Our greens are cut Twice a week and to a height of 4mm. The holes are clipped daily and are changed on average two to three times a week depending on wear and tear. Aeration of the greens using a 10mm pencil tine relieving compaction and improving surface performance and the plan is to sand greens every couple of…

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Course report Feb 2024

We are delighted to announce that Steven McDonald is to take on the position of Head Greenkeeper and as he takes up his new role, we will be strengthening his team, both on and off the course. To that end, an important development is a decision to engage a new course agronomist, Trevor Norris. Trevor was a Senior Agronomist with…

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Course Report January 2024

Sadly, the constant storms have taken their toll on our Delgany trees: A mature Scotch Pine on the right-hand side of the 13th approximately 80 feet high has fallen due to the wind and continual wet weather. As can be seen from the photo the tree was uprooted rather than broken. Other major boughs from trees on the drive and…

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Mats at Chipping Area 1st Tee

The ground of the chipping practice area at the 1st tee box is exceptionally soft following the extensive rain we have experienced since July. To avoid damage we are in the process of installing 4 mats to enable us to keep this area open during the coming months. We will be fixing them in the ground as soon as the…

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9th Tee Progress to Date

Update on Work (12th November) We started this project , on Monday 16th October, by removing the concrete plinth and then removed all the top layer of the grass and sand. We cleared out the surrounding shrubbery around the trees off the tarmac path which really opened up the space. This all took a few days and then the weather…

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Avoid walking on the fairways

The continued wet weather, caused by 3.5 months of exceptional rain, which was a full 55% above the long-term average for the same period, has caused the course to be unusually wet and where the 'going' is soft to heavy in too many places. Delgany has experienced 136mm (or over 5 inches) of extra rain during this period and there…

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Our New Aerator has arrived

Our new John Deer pedestrian aerator has now arrived. This aerator is a pedestrian machine which is easier to operate and more efficient. We are replacing a 2007 (16-year-old) tractor mounted aerator which is obsolete at this stage, and not only slow but, more importantly, could damage the greens. In recent years, we have used a contractor to do our…

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‘Blue Post’ Buggy Path

‘Blue Post’ Buggy Path – for use on marginal weather days. Earlier in the Year we committed to marking out a buggy path for use on marginal weather days over the winter period. These are days when buggies would ordinarily not be allowed due to the soft course. This blue post buggy path is the new route designed and must…

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