Congratulations are due to Gary F and his good lady as they welcomed a somewhat stubborn (like her Grandad perhaps), baby girl Camryn 7lbs 13oz. Well done and all the best. But where were ye’ at the weekend, leaving some of the bunkers unraked to attend the birth, as you know the blog likes to […]

It’s been a strange week, Monday saw the debate on the deterioration of the holes get heated once again (more on that later). Wednesday brought rain that had us at 6 in the morning peering out from the sheds like some Australian bush baby, wondering what the hells that, searching our memory banks to answer […]

If you don’t know by now, and you should if you’ve been paying attention, out at the sheds we laugh in the face of mythical notions, sneer at superstition, chuckle at conveyors of doom, give the defiant finger to harbingers of bad vibes, take pleasure from dispelling old wife’s tails, rail at ….oh FFS get […]

Hi Folks,   Remember we mentioned disease last week (the grass one), well here’s one of the shedders flexing their knowledge muscles to give you the down low – It’s called Fusarium (or Michrodochium nivale to give it its proper name). Loves humid, damp conditions so the warm weather followed by the rain and cooler […]

Hi Folks,   Greens continue to improve with hand cutting to 3mm, mind you on Wednesday morning mowers swapped for squeegees as we had a good few flooded first thing.   Some disease spotted early on some of the H/H greens. Quick detection meant it was treated that same morning, so well done to the […]

A morality tale from the life of a Greenie’.   So picture this, you suffer from hay fever, got a flash motor that’s got a dodgy starter, and you’ve had one too many the night before and you pull in to work 5 mins late. The boys have already grabbed the cutters and fled to […]

Hi Folks,   Big news this week, Acelepryn (eh whit’) the chemical that kills the leather jackets has been given what’s being called “approval for emergency use” on Golf courses, race courses and intriguingly airfields, (must be some size of dragon flies) Needless to say we are in a constant state of emergency at KBGC and have […]

A notable first on Tuesday as a full team checked in for duty for the first time this year. This only lasted one day but at last the trend is upwards. We have employed a seasonal worker as an investment to ensure we have all 29 holes to the standard we require. The manning now […]

Another challenging week with labour, Jim Turner up to 3 days a week but Archie still off. However, we managed to get the Links bunkers tidied up and sprayed with retarder so hopefully they will stay good for a while. The hand cutters have been away getting serviced and sharpened so this week the Toros […]

The Chair, Captain and numerous members have asked if we could have regular updates on the work the lads do on the course. We do provide a monthly update for committee but by the time the minutes reach the website they are well out of date. Apologies if this is a bit long but I’m […]