Gathurst

Bunker renovations plan 2019

September 

Monday 30^th start bunker renovations.

3^rd hole, all 3 bunkers are to be re shaped, drained and lined with turf. The temp green will be moved closer to the existing bunkers and constructed from sand to aid drainage. This will be turfed with new turf from our turf nursery. The work should take up to 2 weeks to complete, they will be left then with no sand until the spring.

October

Monday 14^th

14^th hole, the ground between the path on the left side of the green and the green will be re graded to leave a slight slope from path to green. The 3 bunkers will be taken away and 2 bigger and deeper bunkers put in their place, these will be drained and turf lined. The spoil from this work will be used to reduce the slope off the back right and the back of the green. There will be a new temp green made on the other side of the path that again will be constructed from sand with drainage installed to help keep the area drier in the winter. The turf that is needed for the job will be coming from our turf nursery. This work should be completed in 3 weeks.

November

Monday 4^th

15^th hole we are going to re construct the 2 existing bunkers and add one more to the back left of the green. These will be dug, drained and turf lined.

The turf for the job will be coming from our turf nursery. This work will be completed in the 2 weeks.

Monday 18^th

The 2 bunkers on the 12^th will be reduced into the ground and re shaped. A new greenside bunker will be constructed at the start of the mound to the left of the green near where the old bunker used to be. All will be drained and turf lined again. This work will be completed within 3 weeks.

December

Monday 9^th

17^th hole we are going to re construct and re shape the greenside bunkers, they will also be reduced into the ground to make them much deeper. There will be a small mound created around the back of the green to help with the tree roots coming out of the ground. The 2 bunkers short of the green will be merged into 1 and re shaped as well. All bunkers will be drained and turf lined. This work will be completed within 2 weeks.

Tee renovations plan 2019

September

Monday 23^rd, I am going to be extending the tee on the 10^th hole.

It has been agreed that the 2 tees on the 10^th are best to become 1 long tee, the extension will go to the path coming from the 9^th fairway. The area in front of the existing tee will be built up by around 2 feet and levelled, the are that is currently the lower part of the tee will be reduced by around 12 inches and levelled, the area at the back for the whites will be raised by about 6 inches and levelled. The width of the tee will be increased to the far side of the path to allow more tee positions. We will put a new path on the other side of the trees where the current ladies’ tee is sighted.

The whole tee will then be turfed and left for the winter, by doing it so early should mean that when the season starts in late March this tee could be back in play.

October

Monday 7^th start Tee renovations.

We will be carrying out some major renovation work this year on the tees. The first job will be to scarify all the tees then topdress them with straight sand. Once this has been brushed in, we will overseed then feed.

Tuesday15th

The next phase of the work will start, we are going to solid tine the tees to about 4 inches then topdress heavily and overseed.

This is the last of the planned work for the Autumn but we will be keeping the worm castes off them this year and trying to keep them cut short.

When we get into December or January, we will run the shockwave over them and get a deep compaction relief done.

In the spring, before the tees are brought back into play, we will overseed and topdress again.

Kind Regards

Dan

Many congratulations to the Gathurst representatives in the recent Senior Victory Trophy. A fantastic effort by the team with overall 1st position wins in both the Nett and Gross team events.

Well done to all involved and a special thanks to the Victory Trophy committee and in particular Ian White and Alan Priestley for their dedication, organisation and support.

Also on behalf of the team I would like to thank all the assistants on the day, Gathurst members welcoming visiting players and ensuring safety on the course.

Many of our members gave their time and provided tremendous assistance on the day, the event was very well organised, delivered on time, visitors could not help to be impressed.

You all proved to be a great part of the Gathurst team.

Many thanks,

Jim Wall. Captain GGC

The South Lancs competition has now concluded for 2019.

Congratulations to the winners, Ashton-in-Makerfield golf club. Gathurst finished 2nd, one point behind Ashton.

A fantastic season from Gathurst, well done to the squad.

This week we competed in the annual Hallett Sheild event against teams from Ashton-in-Makerfield and Dean Wood.

The event was played at Dean Wood golf course and consisted of competitors from all three clubs, including the 2019 reigning Captains, and a team of our past Captains.

I am pleased to report that the Gathurst team comprising of Jim Wall, Tom King,  Alan Priestley, Dave Stockley, Geoff Saunders, Stephen Haigh, David Dean, and Roy Nicholson were successful in winning the team event, whilst Jim Wall and Geoff Saunders won the pairs event.

Well done to all of you, and many thanks to Dave Stockley for organising the event on behalf of the club.

Best regards

Jim Wall,

Captain of Gathurst Golf Club.

 

The results were as follows :-