Gary McKenna
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Assistant Greenkeeper at The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh β³οΈ
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22-02-2020 22:04:52
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Sleeper walls and groundworks for the new resin path are complete at The Royal Burgess Now just waiting on the better weather to allow the path guys to get the resin down. The Greenkeepers have done a great job around the edges. Ryan Melling Gary Leonard greenkeeper1982
Various tasks being carried out this week including new roadway, painting of course furniture, machinery servicing, verti-draining fairways & solid tining greens surrounds/approaches πͺπ» Members of the environmental committee put up more bird & bat boxes as well Ecology @ BIGGA
We bid farewell to Assistant Greenkeeper Gordon Irving this week, who has retired after 39 years The Royal Burgess On the course, internal roadway works continued and this should see completion by the middle of next week, fairway verti-draining and machinery servicing ππ»
Well itβs taken a while to get a few dry days together, but the resin is going down The Royal Burgess and it is looking incredible. Definitely worth the wait. Ryan Melling Gary Leonard greenkeeper1982
Lots of jobs being undertaken this week. Origin Amenity Solutions Bluewater being added to the pond, new path around the 18th green/1st tee is now almost completed and PG is being mowed at 5mm. Lots of mowing going on + greens, tees & surrounds sprayed with a nutritional/wetting agent mix
Lots of overseeding this week throughout the course using our new Vredo Dodewaard B.V. overseeder & Barenbrug UK seed. Concentrating on winter traffic damage and general wear & tear areas. Will be aiming to carry this work out again in mid and late summer also ππ»π±
New putting green is now in play. On the course: routine cutting, spraying fairways/semi rough and approaches with PGR, iron, urea and wetting agent, bunker maintenance and beginning the install of chipping mats. New brushes from Sports Metals ltd - Inc on tees mowers doing a great job ππ»