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Fairway renovations

With the success of the recent fairway renovations in Autumn, myself and the greens committee decided to continue with the program. It is important to bear in mind the fairways had not been subjected to major renovations for over 10 years.  The timing of this recent renovation has been questioned, and I would like to explain the decision.

The timing is directly related to what we plan to do in October/November of this year as part of the broader fairway management strategy.  Due to the high amount of summer grass and paspalum last year, we are implementing a preventive herbicide regime which will hopefully keep the fairways free from summer grass, and eliminate seed heads on any paspalum for over 6 months.  We already had bare patches on the fairways due to the summer grass from last year, so it was deemed necessary that the fairways be topdressed, reseeded and fertilised.  The seed that we are spreading in the fairways this week would be killed by any chemicals used to control the summer grass and paspalum if it has not had at least 6 weeks growing time.  Furthermore, we had to wait to top-dress and seed the fairways until the ground temperature began to increase. We were very lucky to have had perfect days for about a week, although a couple of the frosts were a concern. What this all means is that there was a very small window of time to try and get the fairways seeded ahead of chemicals going out. We made a decision 3 months ago to top-dress and seed this week to potentially take advantage of the conditions to deliver healthier fairways this summer and beyond.

There are areas that have a lot of sand, which the greenkeeping staff have been working feverishly to thin out.  Shane is turning on the fairway irrigation, and with a bit of rain on the way we are hoping that the sand will wash into the scarified areas and cores.

We are confident that the fairways will be better than ever in the not too distant future, but please remember that golf course management is a year-long project and a number of renovation projects must happen in Spring, unfortunately at the same time as our Open, but necessary for the long term health and presentation of the course.

Mark Hynes

Greens Committee

Fairway renovations

With the success of the recent fairway renovations in Autumn, myself and the greens committee decided to continue with the program. It is important to bear in mind the fairways had not been subjected to major renovations for over 10 years.  The timing of this recent renovation has been questioned, and I would like to explain the decision.

The timing is directly related to what we plan to do in October/November of this year as part of the broader fairway management strategy.  Due to the high amount of summer grass and paspalum last year, we are implementing a preventive herbicide regime which will hopefully keep the fairways free from summer grass, and eliminate seed heads on any paspalum for over 6 months.  We already had bare patches on the fairways due to the summer grass from last year, so it was deemed necessary that the fairways be topdressed, reseeded and fertilised.  The seed that we are spreading in the fairways this week would be killed by any chemicals used to control the summer grass and paspalum if it has not had at least 6 weeks growing time.  Furthermore, we had to wait to top-dress and seed the fairways until the ground temperature began to increase. We were very lucky to have had perfect days for about a week, although a couple of the frosts were a concern. What this all means is that there was a very small window of time to try and get the fairways seeded ahead of chemicals going out. We made a decision 3 months ago to top-dress and seed this week to potentially take advantage of the conditions to deliver healthier fairways this summer and beyond.

There are areas that have a lot of sand, which the greenkeeping staff have been working feverishly to thin out.  Shane is turning on the fairway irrigation, and with a bit of rain on the way we are hoping that the sand will wash into the scarified areas and cores.

We are confident that the fairways will be better than ever in the not too distant future, but please remember that golf course management is a year-long project and a number of renovation projects must happen in Spring, unfortunately at the same time as our Open, but necessary for the long term health and presentation of the course.

Mark Hynes

Greens Committee

2019 Mixed Foursomes Championship

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Mixed Foursomes Championships:

• Gross Winners – Jenny Whittaker and Jeff Le-Fevre
• Nett Winners – Joanne Kim and David Wicks
• Gross Runners-up – Amanda McLoughlin and Ross McLoughlin
• Nett Runners-up – Fiona Wicks and Sam Wicks

The event was played in great spirit over the last two Sundays and it was great to see the fun and friendship continue in the spike bar after both rounds.

A big thanks to all that took part in the event this year.

Splash September 2019

SPLASH-Sept 2019

2019 Men’s Open

The Gungahlin Lakes Men’s Open

The 2019 GLGC Men’s open will be held on the weekend of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2019. It is a Golf NSW Vardon and Senior Order of Merit event.

Saturday—Two tee start from 07:00am —9:00am and 11:15am to 12:20pm

Sunday—Shotgun start at 08.30am

Members can book and pay for themselves and guests through the normal booking timesheet from 7:30pm on Thursday 5^th September – search events for 21 September 2018.

Visitors can access the entry form here: Field is Full

Open to MALE golfers with a current Golf Australia Handicap from a recognised Golf Club affiliated with a State or Overseas Association. Players (55+) are also automatically entered in the SOOM competition.

ENTRY FEE $40 for members, $60 Visitors (player numbers are limited to 128)

PRIZES  36 Hole Gross and Nett Events (plus Daily Prizes and NTPs)

Prizes will be awarded in three grades.  A player is eligible to win only one daily prize, plus one overall (two day) prize.

Presentation will be as soon as possible after all scores are posted, estimated time 2.30pm.

EARLY BIRD ENTRIES— Book early to choose your preferred tee time. (The Match Committee reserves the right to vary tee times).

Entries close Monday 13^th September @ 3:00pm or when field is at capacity. Final draw will be published by Tuesday 17th September and posted on the GLGC website www.gungahlinlakesgolf.com.au