Practice range green

We are building two new target greens on the range beside the Wee Course. There will be a green at 100 yards and one at 150 yards both with bunkers

Weather

Heavy snow and low temperature has left the courses with a covering of 2 inches of snow.

2nd hole Wee Course drainage

Drainage work on the 2nd hole has started, the idea is to catch the water in the drains before it reaches the green which has become very soft at the front and around the back. The drains are at a depth of 600mm with a 100mm perforated pipe inserted directing all water to a ditch at the rear of the green.

New walkway to 16th Martini Tee on Rosemount taking shape.

The start of a new year at The Blairgowrie Golf Club and we are back on full greens. The courses have dried up considerably due to the wind with no major tree damage.
We have a few winter projects going on at the moment, one major project which is the installation of a swilken bridge over the burn at the 17th hole on the Rosemount course. Others include the extention of the Martini tee on Rosemount, tree transplanting on Lansdowne, cartway and walkoff renovation through the courses, returfing some of the soft wet areas that were left after last year and installation of drains through some of the worst affected parts of the course. The 2nd and 3rd holes on the Wee Course have been shortened to allow us to start drainage around the 2nd green, over the past few wet years we have noticed the green becoming increasingly wet due to the water that runs down the slope towards the green, the drainage will help catch the water as it runs down and diverted it around the approach and green then into the burn behind.

We would like to wish our members a Happy New Year and lets just hope the sun is shining throughout 2013.