Greens Sanded/PoleForked

GreeBo · 27-03-2014 1:35pm #1

Club | PoleForked/Sanded
Arklow
Ashbourne
Athlone | 10/03/2014
Balcarrick
Baltinglass
Beechpark
Blainroe
Blessington Lakes
Bodenstown
Bray | 25/03/2014
Carlow | 31/03/2014
Carton House
Castlebar | 26/03/2014
Castlecomer | 24/03/2014
Castleknock | 23/03/2014
Castlewarden
Citywest | 3/03/2014
Co. Meath | 25/03/2014
Corballis
Craddockstown
Deerpark
Delgany
Donabate
Druids Glen
Druids Heath
Dublin City
Dublin Mountain
Dun Laoghaire
Elm Green
Galway Bay | 19/03/2014
Glen of The Downs
Glencullen
Gowran Park | 24/03/2014
Grange | 01/03/2014
Grange Castle
Hazel Grove
Highfield
Hollystown
Hollywood Lakes
Kilcock | 10/03/2014
Kilkenny | 27/03/2014
Knockanally
Lucan
Luttrelstown | 23/03/2014
Macreddin | 28/03/2014
Millicent
Mount Juliet | 27/08/2014
Moyvalley
Navan
Newbridge
Old Conna | 20/03/2014
Portmarnock Links
Palmerstown Stud | 03/03/2014
Rathcore
Rathsallagh
Roganstown
Rush
Seapoint
Sillogue Park
Slade Valley
Smurfit
St. Margarets
Swords Open
Tulfarris | 11/03/2014
WestBallinlough Castle
WestMoate
Wicklow GC
Woodenbridge | 21/03/2014
Woodlands

Please post below with the date your club is doing green work and a Mod will update the table

tonc76 · 27-03-2014 1:49pm

Palmerstown Stud carried out on March 3rd

scrubber72 · 27-03-2014 1:56pm

Galway Bay 18/19 march

First Up · 27-03-2014 2:03pm

I believe Old Conna done Monday/Tuesday last.

newport2 · 27-03-2014 2:04pm

Tulfarris 11th March

yettie1701 · 27-03-2014 3:04pm

Gowran park done on mon 24th

d15ude · 27-03-2014 3:09pm

played luttrelstown on 23/03 and the green were forked and very sandy.
don't know when exactly the work was done though.

Cecco70 · 27-03-2014 3:12pm

Castleknock was scheduled for 23/34th of March, but I haven't been out there this week so not 100% sure, maybe Pcasso and Oilbeefhooked! can confirm this.

DuckSlice · 27-03-2014 4:04pm

Castlebar GC 26/03/2014

Glencarraig · 27-03-2014 4:06pm

Bray was done 24/25 March

27-03-2014 4:35pm

I'll work in reverse here... Mount Juliet Autumn works taking place 26/27th August

Rikand · 27-03-2014 5:13pm

Athlone did ours on the 10th of March - Greens are almost back to full health, one more week to go I reckon

charlieIRL · 27-03-2014 7:38pm

Am reading this thread and dreading that someone says Carlow on the next week.

gman127 · 27-03-2014 9:10pm

Kilcock was done week beginning the 10th of March

Eaglebridie 32 · 27-03-2014 9:33pm

Castlecomer on Monday 24th.

yettie1701 · 27-03-2014 9:55pm

charlieIRL wrote: »

Am reading this thread and dreading that someone says Carlow on the next week.

Just spoke to a mate of mine who is a green keeper in Carlow. They were supposed to do them a month ago but because of the weather they couldn't do them. They are doing them Monday but not too severely. They are not taking the large core out only a small bit and sanding. Hopefully they will be good when you play it Charlie. Super course a real classic.

Nedser101 · 27-03-2014 11:17pm

Playing woodenbridge tomorrow and maccreddin on sat,got a call yesterday to say maccreddin pole forking the greens Friday .what a bummer we have it booked since January .

fred funk }{ · 27-03-2014 11:25pm

Nedser101 wrote: »

Playing woodenbridge tomorrow and maccreddin on sat,got a call yesterday to say maccreddin pole forking the greens Friday .what a bummer we have it booked since January .

Woodenbridge was done very recently too. Played there on Sunday and the greens were cat.

Nedser101 · 27-03-2014 11:27pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Woodenbridge was done very recently too. Played there on Sunday and the greens were cat.

Ah ,noooooooo f....k it!

mag · 28-03-2014 11:04am

co meath done 25/03

Nozebleed · 28-03-2014 11:12am

Citywest. march 3rd.

shane 007 · 28-03-2014 12:56pm

Kilkenny GC 27th March complete

derra · 28-03-2014 2:31pm

d15ude wrote: »

played luttrelstown on 23/03 and the green were forked and very sandy.
don't know when exactly the work was done though.

Would they be in decent condition for next Saturday?

Have to pay €40 before the end of this weekend for a game there next week.

GreeBo · 28-03-2014 2:33pm

derra wrote: »

Would they be in decent condition for next Saturday?

Have to pay €40 before the end of this weekend for a game there next week.

Two weeks+ should be long enough for them to be very playable, though it depends on the type of tines used and also the amount of wet stuff and hot/warm stuff we get between now and then.
Hailstones wont help!

freethearmy · 28-03-2014 3:11pm

Rikand wrote: »

Athlone did ours on the 10th of March - Greens are almost back to full health, one more week to go I reckon

played their during the week......greens are no way near back to normal...was like putting on the moon....but course was in top shape

josie19 · 28-03-2014 3:32pm

Any greens poleforked lately will be slow to recover. Heat is essential for growth and we dont have enough of that at the moment. The more growth, the quicker the recovery. It makes more sense to polefork in late april and mid september. Lots of courses polefork in october which is way too late for growth IMO.

GreeBo · 28-03-2014 3:53pm

josie19 wrote: »

Any greens poleforked lately will be slow to recover. Heat is essential for growth and we dont have enough of that at the moment. The more growth, the quicker the recovery. It makes more sense to polefork in late april and mid september. Lots of courses polefork in october which is way too late for growth IMO.

"Agronomically" it makes sense on those dates, from a business trying to attract greenfess it makes no sense however!

John Divney · 28-03-2014 3:54pm

I see Tulfarris was done on the 10th, anyone played recently know if they are anyway playable at the moment?

josie19 · 28-03-2014 4:02pm

GreeBo wrote: »

"Agronomically" it makes sense on those dates, from a business trying to attract greenfess it makes no sense however!

That depends on whether the business is trying to attract green fees or trying to retain membership. If they're poleforked in late April and September, then they recover pretty much in 14 days as opposed to 4/5 weeks when done too early/later during times of less growth.

So you lose 4 weeks green fees - big deal. Green fees make up a very small percentage of a golf club's income compared to members subs

GreeBo · 28-03-2014 4:34pm

josie19 wrote: »

That depends on whether the business is trying to attract green fees or trying to retain membership. If they're poleforked in late April and September, then they recover pretty much in 14 days as opposed to 4/5 weeks when done too early/later during times of less growth.

So you lose 4 weeks green fees - big deal. Green fees make up a very small percentage of a golf club's income compared to members subs

Typically members are clued in enough to realise that putting (har har!) up with rough greens for a few weeks at the very beginning and very end of the season is worth it to not have to stump up the lost revenue for lack of green fees during the more peak times of the year.

Rikand · 28-03-2014 4:42pm

freethearmy wrote: »

played their during the week......greens are no way near back to normal...was like putting on the moon....but course was in top shape

I played there wednesday and they are definitely on the way back. A big improvement on what they were a week ago and going by that exponential, they should be well on their way back to normal by next week

GreeBo · 28-03-2014 4:46pm

I think for the sake of avoiding arguments we should restrict this thread to factual dates on when works have been carried out rather than opinions on whether or not a course is now playable?

Tin_Cup · 30-03-2014 5:52pm

The Heritage. Course Closed on 1st April for poleforking

dar_cool · 30-03-2014 7:55pm

Tin_Cup wrote: »

The Heritage. Course Closed on 1st April for poleforking

April fools :P?

charlieIRL · 30-03-2014 10:27pm

Tin_Cup wrote: »

The Heritage. Course Closed on 1st April for poleforking

Wonder are they doing the par 3 course too?

Tin_Cup · 30-03-2014 11:55pm

Just double checked email. Closed on 1st & 2nd April.

Par3 course will be open.

dharn · 31-03-2014 12:01am

Ballinasloe done 2 weeks ago, coming on nicely now

shaneon77 · 31-03-2014 7:12am

Knightsbrook works completed week of the 10th March

shaneon77 · 31-03-2014 7:13am

Like watching a beachball fall down the giants Causeway

slave1 · 02-04-2014 10:10am

Shot from The Heritage yesterday...

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SEORG · 08-09-2014 9:36am

Castletroy greens being done today

charlieIRL · 08-09-2014 1:10pm

Some of the greens in Esker Hills were sanded last week.

A New earth · 08-09-2014 1:18pm

Dun Laoghaire and Old Conna were done Mid August, good again now.

dar_cool · 08-09-2014 1:59pm

Headfort new done 2 weeks ago, another week or so they should be back to best,
Black Bush a+c done, both nearly back to there best, b course will take another week or 2

slave1 · 08-09-2014 2:06pm

Baltray forked and over seeded last week

Dbu · 08-09-2014 2:57pm

SEORG wrote: »

Castletroy greens being done today

Weird time with absolutely no rain on the way

Rikand · 08-09-2014 5:06pm

maybe they are going to use the sprinkler system

Mantis Toboggan · 08-09-2014 5:10pm

Castlebar gc done today!

limos · 08-09-2014 6:02pm

rathcore done today

slave1 · 08-09-2014 6:09pm

I'd say a lot of courses had this booked and are simply going ahead with it but we will have a long dry spell so unless they water I assume they will take longer to absorb the sand and recover...

sodbuster77 · 08-09-2014 8:13pm

Lisheen Springs forked and sanded last Monday 1/9 and sanded again today

Greens Sanded/PoleForked

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