Course Update
Due to The Athena, the past two weeks has seen a large focus around the short game and North holes 5, 6, 7 and 18. With this event shown live around Australia and New Zealand, it’s very important to showcase our course the best we can, with many extra details being applied to these holes. Some of those extra details include:
- Full clean out of the short game creek (grass clippings and sludge)
- Fresh rock applied to the base of the creek
- Full renovation on bunkers
- Full renovation on wastelands
- Sprinkler trimming
- Selective vegetation pruning
- Playing surface additional mowing and turf presentation enhancement
- Club entry and driveway edging, clubhouse precinct and surrounds beautification
- Fixtures cleaning
The Course Team have been very focused and working with a great deal of pride to deliver the course event areas at industry leading levels for the players and all PK members.
Current and Future Maintenance Programs
- Course preparation for The Athena, Member/Guest, Club Championships and Pennant Events.
- Bunker and wasteland general maintenance and renovation programs (In-progress and ongoing)
- Greens scanning and selective hand-weeding program. (February/March)
- Couch grass encroachment program on green collars. (Next annual program commencing March)
- Rough density reduction and mowing line extension program. (In-progress and ongoing)
- Wintergrass control/prevention program with-in warm season grass areas. (New programs to commence from March through October)
- Warm season grass turf nutrition program (Autumn)
- Vegetation maintenance programs that include selected slashing, dead/hazardous tree and woody weed removal, blackberry eradication treatment, non indigenous tree suckers and woody weed removal 12/16/17 South. (In progress and ongoing).
- Additional security fence improvement installation (RHS 17S and sections on Skye Road).
- Annual Drainage Program continuation. Target areas 9N fairway, 2S teeing complex and other selected smaller areas (Timings to be confirmed).
Glenn Stuart
Director of Courses