Stephen Whittaker, Scott Jamieson and Scott Brown support ClubGolf Camp launch

We are delighted to announce our involvement with the ClubGolf Camp 2012 taking place this July.

As advertised in yesterday’s press, the camp runs for 5 days from Monday 2nd – Friday 6 July.

The cost is  just £25 for each child who participates, with sessions running between 10 & 2 every day. Children need to be aged between 9 and 13 to sign up.

Every non-member participant at Crow Wood will also receive courtesy of the course for the remainder of July, and can then obtain a special discount on junior fees for the remainder of the season.

Our own Juniors or Cadets who take part in the Camp will benefit with follow up coaching sessions from Club Pro, Ian Graham, and his support team.

Bookings are being taken now at Entry Central

Further details about ClubGolf Camp 2012 are available on the clubgolf website

Recent additions include both courses at Hilton Park and Old Colwyn.

View the full list here - Association of James Braid Courses.

GREENS – The height of cut on the greens from 30^th March is 4.5mm. This height of cut was not achieved until 14^th April last year so we have had a good start.  The greens were verti drained to a depth of 9 inches during the week commencing 19^th March which has helped dry them out and increase root development.  The greens have been sprayed with a fungicide to protect against turf disease.  They have also been fed with a granular spring fertiliser on Friday 6^th April to increase growth and ‘kick start’ the grass coverage.  A further granular fertiliser will be applied in May called ‘Thatch Eater’.  This product has had great results on several courses with a similar profile to ours…..wet and low lying with higher levels of thatch on greens.  This product ‘eats away’ at the thatch layer throughout the playing season releasing locked up nutrients, further feeding greens and also increases water percolation rates through the soil profile.

TEES- The tees will all be sprayed with a mosskiller and verti-cut to rip out the dead moss.  They are being cut at a height of 12mm, along with the aprons around the greens.  The tees are being divoted twice weekly have also been fed with a spring fertiliser to increase growth and colour.

FAIRWAYS – Our fairway scarifier has been serviced and the hope is to get it out at the start of May to rip up the moss, dead grass etc and encourage grass growth through these areas.  We will continue to work our way through the fairways over the month of May.

BUNKERS – All bunkers are being flymoed, edged, weeded, tidied and are being raked regularly to keep the sand levels to a good standard.

PATHS – All paths have been sprayed with total weedkiller to clean them up and edged/strimmed to keep their appearance tidy.

DRAINAGE – The 2 ditches to the left of the 13^th fairway are being filled up to ground level to get them back in play as pipe work has been completed.  The drainage work on the 10^th fairway over the winter months has made a big difference and the area drains much quicker once the heavy rain has stopped as all the main pipes now run cleanly down to the burn.

OTHER MAINTENANCE – All ditches on the course have been flymoed, strimmed and are brushed weekly to keep the tidy.

Many grass areas under trees around the course have been selected to be sprayed with total weedkiller in an effort to reduce the workload of the greenstaff and increase the speed of play.

This year we are introducing an ‘intermediate’ cut of fairway between the edge of the fairways and the rough.  This will be one width of our fairway machine at a height of 25mm (1 inch).  The fairways are at a height of 16mm with the rough at 50mm (2 inches) so this intermediate cut will not punish the slightly off line tee shot and golfers will still be presented with a good lie.  This will also be aesthetically pleasing and increase the definition around the course.

Keith Alexander, Head Greenkeeper (April 2012)

The entry cost is £2.50 (£2 sweep and 50p for optional 2′s competition).

The format is stableford, 3/4 of full handicap, with a maximum handicap allowance of 18.

Entry fee is £12 per team, all of which will be used to provide prizes on the day!

Apres golf, there is a social event taking place in the evening (from 7.30), to which all members, family and friends are invited. Evening entry is free, so please come along and welcome in the new season at Crow Wood.

All greens have been verti-drained, rolled by hand and then cut at 5.5mm using our shiny, new greens ride-on machine.

All bunkers were raked yesterday and full summer tees are back in use.

The 7th green is much drier this week after the work done on it, so 18 full holes are in operation this weekend…happy days.

Perfect timing for the start of British summertime and a forecast of temperatures hitting 16 degrees on both Saturday and Sunday!

The latest SGUpdate contains 28-pages filled with great features and articles, including a look ahead to the Scottish Golf Awards, interviews with SGU ‘graduate’ Richie Ramsay and European Curling Champion Eve Muirhead (a member of Pitlochry GC), analysis of the SGU’s income and expenditure, the new Centralised Database of Handicaps explained, how the SGU is helping clubs improve their governance structure and the chance to win a set of fantastic TaylorMade R11 clubs.

View a copy of SGUpdate Spring 2012.

The sessions will be provided by our PGA Professional, Ian Graham and cost just £5 per session. Sessions take place on Friday 6th April (10 – 11) and Sunday 8th April (1 – 2).

Places are strictly limited to 10 children per session, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Booking can be made at the Pro Shop on 779 1943, Office 779 4954 or by email to proshop@crowwoodgolfclub.co.uk

• All t-shirts reduced to £20 including Nike, Lyle & Scott and Adidas.
• All jumpers reduced to £30 including Ping, Lyle & Scott and Adidas.
• New Nike golf balls now in stock.

This is the perfect opportunity to get kitted out for start of the new season!

A copy of the list has been posted on the noticeboard, or it can be viewed here - Association of James Braid Courses.

Further details about the Association.