• Clubhouse & Pro Shop Painting. This is well underway and the team are planning to be finished by the end of this week - weather permitting. Our thanks to Safari Painters who have been long time sponsors of the club.
• BOP Asphalt have been in today and completed a new path from the mens 12th tee to the 13th tee. This is part of the overall makeover of the 12th hole. Our sincere thanks to the Firewood Gang for funding this path.

COURSE REPORT AUGUST 2019

GREENS: As we enter spring/renovation,  I am really happy with how the greens have got through this winter. We have managed to maintain a lot of our cover with thinning out only really occurring on our problematic greens.

Spring renovation is nice and simple. We will be verti-draining, verti cutting, sanding and seeding the greens. With sand and seed going out, we require 12/14 days before we start mowing again. Members should be aware that this is a standard practice and we ask for their patience and understanding while the greens are recovering.

TEES: We will be verti-draining the tees and applying fertilizer to help with recovery from winter wear.

FAIRWAYS: Currently in good condition.

BUNKERS: Currently in good condition. We have been getting in and moving/adding sand around monthly. As we get into late spring/early summer we will be busy with extra mowing, hand watering etc, so to keep the bunkers at a high standard, we will be looking to volunteers to assist with maintaining the bunkers.

ROUGH: I have just completed a weed spray and overall the rough is looking tidy. I have been asked by Chris McAlpine for the rough to be a bit longer for our Charles Tour event, so I have increased our mower from 64mm up to 76mm and we will reassess the condition of the rough 4 weeks out from the event.

CARRUS PREP: For us we have already started our preparations for the event. What we do over the next 4/5 weeks shapes the course up for how it will play. A lot of emphasis will be on the cover/health of our greens so we can get the required speeds and roll we are after during the tournament. The other main emphasis is getting all the “one percenters” done which really showcase’s the facility we have.

NB: The back third of tees will be saved for the event. Members will be playing middle to front tees.

Pin positions will be cut around the outside of the green for the two weeks leading into the event to allow NZ Golf five tournament pins for the event.

UPCOMING WORK:

Growing in 12^th complex.

Sand in 12^th bunker.

Sand and seed Trial green.

Prep and seed Turf Nursery, Ladies 8^th tee, area on 12 and 14 rough.

General prep for Carrus and members events.

The Blackes and the Whittakers welcome Tauranga Golf Club members and friends to the new Summer Series You Travel Pairs and Mixed Open Tournaments which will kick off on Sunday 8th September with a new start time of 11.00.

There are some changes from previous years:

• new start time of 11.00
• café will be open with some smart new options, they will be offering an “Express Brunch” of Bacon/Egg/Hash Brown and Avo Roll or Ham Cheese and Tomato Croissant both with a hot drink for $10.00 to start your day. They will also have the regular selections of sandwiches savouries scones and cakes etc. available.
• each monthly You Travel day will be a stand alone tournament so results should be much quicker to get through.
• Julie will keep a manual record of the mixed pairs run conjunctively for the Dawkins Mixed Combined Trophy which will be best five out of six rounds. These dates are 8 Sep, 27 Oct, 10 Nov, 19 Jan, 16 Feb, 15 March Final
• Christmas Hamper day will be 8^th December
• We have decided to ‘have a go' at doing a long weekend day for the October round. If you are here for Labour weekend then bring your friends along.
• Visitors are very welcome every round, members pay 10.00 visitors pay 15.00

If you think you might like to play then put your name in, it’s easier to take your name out before the event than to get in at the last minute

If you need a partner, let us know! We’ll do our best to find someone

In order to have a three tee start, we need numbers! Please get your names up on the board in the clubhouse before the end of this weekend. Alternatively contact Julie at whittlj@kinect.co.nz by Sunday 25^th August

Come along for brunch at the Club before golf.

We thank all of our generous Sponsors: Kay & John at You Travel, Jim & The Clubrooms, The Orchard Bar & Grill, and Curry Planet in Chadwick Road Greerton