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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

A few years ago the club invested in a defibrillator & training. Last Friday a member of a society had heart problems.Quick thinking from 2 of our lads John&Chris got the device & saved this gentlemans life. Thankfully, he is recovering in hospital. Well worth the investment now.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

15/8 Finally managed to get out with this contraption. Great peice of kit to get bent seed into areas where meadow grass has been weakened due to the drought.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

14/4 Also, for anyone who's interested, today marks 22 years for me at Chorley Golf Club. I started on 14 April 1998 which coincidentally was a Tuesday after Easter like today and coincidentally the course was shut that day too, due to snow though and not for some stupid virus.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

31/1 New build update:- All the external work is now complete and in my opinion looking superb. Internally, the brickwork and timber work for staff area is near complete and the electrical installation is on going.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

12/3 One of the main course outlet ditches on the 4th working hard today.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

11/5 Need to be honest and hope that you can manage your expectations. Although the course looks good in photos the greens are nowhere near where we want them due to only 2 staff in. Please enjoy the course but allow some time for us to get it back to where we want it. Thank you.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Chorley Golf Club says a fond farewell to long serving Club Pro Mark Bradley. Chairman Iain Hall presented Mark with a cheque in the sum of £2,300 raised by members in gratitude for the many years of dedicated service to the club. We wish Mark every success in his new venture!

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Huge thanks to members Neil Woosey and Matthew Taylor, and their respective kids, Jack, Harry and Ciara who filled 8 bags of rubbish, litter picking at Chorley Golf club today!

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

20/3 New greenkeeper facility is now finished, great improvement on what we had and a great investment by the club. Many thanks to those members who put so much time and effort in making this happen Thank you to Peter Kay( from when it all started)Norman Fletcher & Dave Monaghan.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

7/11 One of our main drainage outlets leaving the course, down on the 4th.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Big thank you to one of our members Bob Forshaw. He's our go-to man for stuff like this. Quirky but effective device for safely retrieving your ball from the hole. A cork for where your putter will lift it. Cost -18 bottles of wine 😁 P.S. greens not that slow a 3 wood required😄

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

21/11. Tree felling on 2nd is to return the shape of the hole to as it was intended. From the architect drawings you can see it was intended to be a dog leg right to left if you look at the approach line, this job has achieved that, also improve the views of the surrounding area.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

2/5 Whilst changing holes today managed to cut through a Drill and Fill channel from 2 months ago and also a channel from 12-13 years ago. Thought it was interesting to see a good 3" of Top dressing build up over that time over the older drill and fill channel.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

Another good article explaining the issues during a rapid thaw which looks like we getting Sunday/Monday Things may look OK on the surface but with these very cold/prolonged frost it's probably gone quite deep so will take a while to clear, until then temp greens will be used.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

10/10 Managed to get this profile picture changing hole on the 6th green. The longer sand channel from the drill and fill done 3-4 years ago with the very recent hollow core filled with sand adjacent to it.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

6/4 Essential mowing going ok at present, just waiting for the imminent growth explosion but sure we'll be fine. 2 of us in currently cutting greens twice a week, fairways, surrounds and tees once a week. Semi will be once a fortnight. Things dried considerably, like concrete now

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

10/6 Been a bit stressful but a honour & privilege to host the Lancashire Seniors Championship But maintaining the course continues for our valued members who have all supported the event. Greens, surrounds/approaches, some fairways & rough cut. Tees hand cut. Bunkers touched up.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

A lovely gesture by some members at CGC in memory of our long standing member, Ken Holdsworth who sadly passed away on 21st April.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

8 months

Rain stats for us at Chorley GC. Our 24 year annual average now up to 46.2". Last 5 years:- 2019 - 60.5" 2020 - 63.8" 2021 - 56.5" 2022 - 50.8" 2023 - 69.1" All well above our average. 2023-wettest on record at 69.1" (1753mm) Last 6 months - 47.6". Only 51 dry days out of 184.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

3/11 This demonstrates the issues we have on our construction style of green, especially when original clay base is close to surface. Last night's rain was a good test with soakaways full in most but empty where we found our drains. At least it has somewhere to go which is good.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

20/11 Fresh drain needed to be dug to cut through the blocked manhole and pick up the old tile drain beyond the blockage. Strangely satisfying releasing the water.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 months

14/4 Ahead of tomorrow's rain!! Greens cut again & holes changed. More fairways cut, with wetter, longer ones cut with rotary at 1". It's not pretty but its a desperately needed cut of sorts A few surrounds cut Apologies for tyre marks but we have to start cutting at some point

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

23/3 A great purchase by the club in my opinion. The man hours saved on raking bunkers will be huge, allowing for more frequent raking. Great effort by the lads this week as always, but we really utilised a rare dry week to get important tasks done. Thanks lads👍👍.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Chorley Golf Club 1st hole looking good as green staff add new sand to the bunkers ready for golf to re-start at the end of the month. I think we’re all ready to get out there again! 🏌️🏌️‍♀️

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

7 months

22/2 I remember taking these pictures back in June last year....just for this exact situation. To remind me of what it can be like. Seems a million miles off at the minute

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

Fantastic work by the volunteers who are remodelling the pond, when finished it’ll be a stunning feature to the 1st hole. There’s still more to do but it looks fantastic in the Spring sunshine. Well done team and thank you.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Been taking rain readings since 2000, so 21 years. So, 2020 gave us :- The wettest year - 63.8" (1619mm) Beating 2012(61.9") and 2019(60.5") Annual Av - 43.5" Joint wettest month - Feb 10.4" Also 3rd & 6th wettest -Oct 9.8" & Aug 9" Wettest day on record - 60mm Aug 25th

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

29/1 Job vacancy to join the greenkeeping team

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

7 months

23/2 Walked course earlier, its so wet. Honestly say I've never seen it as wet, then again never seen as much rain for such a prolonged time We need evaporation to exceed precipitation Water is getting off the course, but its coming on quicker Walked the drier fairways 5th & 10th

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

10/2 It's obvious that we've had alot of rain since June of last year but I think our most damaging statistics are that since August last year we have only had 59 dry days out of 194 and a maximum of 6 consecutive dry days on only 2 occasions, Sept 16 - 21 and Nov 29 - Dec 4.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

30/5 Hot spots on greens hand watered Greens cut & Ironed to try & gain some speed. Some may find them slow but this is a consequence of protective measures. I could cut at lower heights & verti-cut but I'm not comfortable doing this in these conditions. Need to work with nature.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

7/11 At least this heavy rain is showing how the ditches are working. I know I show these alot but I find it great to see all this water that would have been running over the course in last few years. Here is the water that would normally have settled down on the 11th and 12th

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 months

27/3 Too wet to sand bunkers again, so out cutting grass again, it's so long in places, but not the usual way. Desperate times call for Desperate measures. Strimming green and tee bankings. Start Cutting rough around green areas with pedestrian rotary. Needs must sometimes.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Member Denis Durnian is teeing up for more golfing success as he celebrates his 70th birthday. As a former professional golfer on the @EuropeanTour and Senior Tour along with holding the record for the lowest nine-hole total @TheOpen ... Read full post:

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

It's been a challenging year for everyone. I'd like to thank my team who've worked so hard as usual through this tough year My team & I would like to thank the members & visitors for their continued support & wish everyone a much better &dryer new year 2021 will be a good year🤞

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

20/4 After a well publicised wet 9 months, then nearly averaging 10mm/day in February we have just had a grand total of 12mm in the last 32 days with no rain in foreseeable future. NOT a complaint though & NOT a wish for rain, rather be putting it on rather than pushing it off.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

1 year

A big thank you to @NickDougherty5 for these kind and encouraging words for our clubs and especially the junior sections here at Chorley golf club and @shawhill1 @ShawHillGreens

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

23/10 Greenkeepers revenge Enjoy your golf

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

1/4 New fountain put into the pond at the 4th. Really looks the part in my opinion, looks really good and also aerating the water to improve its quality which is a good thing seeing as it's our irrigation water.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

12/2 Another very cold but sunny day. Seen some great pictures of the sunrise this morning so here's my effort. Ground still rock hard, possibly last one so out with trailer again reinstating investigation holes,stoning up and rootzoning on 8th. Also pick logs up at 4th and 12th

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

22/11 More tree management going on all day today. Revealing some much better views in my opinion at the back of the 15th green. First 3 pictures showing the view in summer, the view early Autumn and the view now.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

We have our 2020 Club Champion, Neil McQueen! Well done Neil and commiserations to runner-up Darren Edwards. Both guys played some fantastic golf in the final but Neil edged it in the end with 3 birdies in the last 4 holes!

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

21/4 Another sunny day, but a moisture sapping easterly breeze. Greens brush/cut & back 9 holes changed missed from yesterday. The breeze did mean we got a nice dry cut of surrounds/approaches, fairways & rough. Flymo new tee bankings Tee distance discs reset Cut in tree copses.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

24/7 Greens, tees, surrounds/approaches cut, full rake of bunkers. GUR's & bins emptied too. Winter tees cut, continue strimming around tee areas. New Nets finally delivered after lockdown related issues so the nets Finally completed. Landscaping around it is planned for winter.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

7/8 I have a confession to make but think it wasn't a secret for long. I got a turf iron in on demo for the captains weekend and week up to. I was hoping for an unbiased opinion on the results. Feed back I have received is very positive. Thanks to Ben @BalmersSales for arranging.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

5/6 Looks like another stunning day in prospect, I could get used to this. Course prep for the Mens competition today. Greens brush/cut and Ironed. Holes changed and bunkers raked. Play well everyone.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

10 months

6/11 The rain is just relentless. The course is saturated. On top of the 27mm in the jar this morning, had a further 21mm to 2.30pm. Planned work on 4th fairway postponed. Just too wet to commit to the job so started on wet area left of 13th green. Thatchy/boggy turf scraped off.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

Work is underway in the Professional Shop for the Re-launch on 12th April under our new Head Professional Andrew Palmer. We thought you would like to see a sneak peak of the work completed so far. We can't wait for Andrew to get started and open his new shop for you all ⛳🏌️

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

Many thanks to Bob Forshaw for his beautiful Duck House for the main pond, all his own invention and hard work. A happy home for many years to come for our little ducks.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

10/4 Keeping on top of things still, keeping main areas of play at manageable height. Not really excessive growth yet, think it might be because getting dry believe it or not Also spraying a wetting agent, root developer and Aminos today on greens to help maintain a healthy sward

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

17/4 Another week done and growth has started to pick up in places. The 2 of us still managing to keep on top of things. The course looking pretty good in the nice weather and with no foot traffic, as is everywhere I'm seeing on Twitter. I can't begin to imagine the frustration.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

8/2 New build update:- External doors and roller shutter now fitted. Big thank you to @Bobvokey for sorting and supplying. Internal door framework installed. Electrics and plumbing ongoing.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

13/10 Giving this machine a go as a secondary drainage system. Hopefully to aid the water in-between the drains to get into the drains. The Imants Quick Drain. An adaptation put on the Root Pruner model. Using this on the 3rd approach and walkway to 4th path.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

Digging these ditches gives a reminder of the typical soil profile for us here. Clay layer never far from the surface.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Chorley Golf Club BGA team win the 2020 Bolton Golf Association Bailey Trophy beating Dunscar in a hard fought final at Bolton Lostock. Joint captains Nigel Lowe and Dan Wright collect the trophy.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 months

18/3 Greens hand cut and holes changed first thing. Greens sprayed with this cocktail but too wet for tractors so 4 knapsacks out and got 14 done. Do other 4 tomorrow.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

11/8 Never known rate of growth like this before, not for so long anyway. This is our 8th fairway, normally cut this twice/week in peak season. This is after only 48 hours since last cut on Sunday morning. Its going to need 3 cuts this week. This is pretty much every fairway

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

17/11 Chainsaws out today until they needed fixing🙄. Got pretty much a full day on clearing trees though to left of 4th green. This to open up and allow light and air into this wet area but to also allow a cut off drain to be installed.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

1 year

Great to see our resudent Deer on the course. Seen on the very frosty morning on Wednesday.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 months

11/3 Greens ok to work on, but a nightmare getting from green to green as yesterdays 6mm made it wet again. A few temporary tyre marks, yes, but worth it to get the works done. Vstrong deep scarify to 10mm deep thanks to @BA_LTD Verti-cut 1mm deep Cut Top dress.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

Unfortunately due to a tremendous amount of rain yesterday the course will remain at stage 6 - closed.....dear lord could we please keep the wind but lose the wet stuff, Amen 🙏

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

14/5 We have been back open for 2 days and as the greenkeeper I was quite apprehensive about how the re-opening would go But a big thank you to all the members for making it such a calm, relaxed & controlled environment for the ground staff to safely work in & golfers to play in

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

21/10 Today we are starting a Stage system for our course status. This seems to work well at other clubs so we are trialing this in an attempt to keep the course open during wet conditions.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

8 years

5/1. Slow motion of "shockwave" decompactor on the 1st fairway. Big thank you to Richard of DANVIC and Danny for coming out to do the demo.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

Just 4 more days to go 🏌⛳️ We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back from Monday 29th. Remember to stay safe play safe. #backtogolf #countdowntogolf

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

1 year

20/3 Constant drizzle all morning keeping course saturated. The very mild temperatures along with damp conditions woke up the fusarium again on old scar edges so needed to dew brush greens once drizzle stopped & spot treat with half a Knapsack. Hazard posts straightened also.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

7 months

20/2 Rare opportunity to get some grass cut today. Only hand mowers out, so greens and longer growing tees cut. Ditch ends cleared again ready for tomorrow's deluge. Continue edging/weeding bunkers. Trim overhang trees right of 12th onto our neighbours field.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

5/3 Course drying out nicely after 8 consecutive dry days. Last time we could boast that was at the end of last May. Lads as usual putting in a great effort utilising the dry conditions this week with plenty cutting, sanding up half the bunkers so far and aerate/top dress greens.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 years

21/6 Enjoyed looking at the "This time last year" pictures on Twitter so here's my effort. Pictures show the 1st fairway and Winter Hill where it's 12 month since the terrible moorland fires.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

17/1 With 77mm or 3" of rain in last 6 days, on top of the snow melt, ditches working overtime getting rid of the water. This one at 4th tee.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

8 months

21/1 Daylight shows the depth the frost is still in the ground. This is the 9th green with about an inch of thaw in tge surface. Other, more sheltered greens is about half this. This is the critical time when root sheer can happen if played on.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

26/2 Very frosty start, so rodded some drains then when frost cleared finished off hand cutting greens at 6.5mm. Greens triple set to 6mm ready to cut greens next week prior to aeration and top dress Started to bring in the rubber mats used for paths. Bit of turfing round 1st tee

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

21/5. Another glorious day once the odd spot of rain cleared by 8am. Greens looking well so a light verti-cut at roller depth. Bit too dry for anything too aggressive followed by a cut at lowered height of 4mm. Fairways finished off & continue cutting semi. Burning off out there

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

10 months

10/11 @DiggerduncTPL last day today. Scraped sand out & drained 15th right greenside bunker, scraped sand out of 14th left greenside bunker. No drain needed as found a manhole in there...New one on me Then used his rotovator on renovation site left 13th green, firmed then raked

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

On behalf of the ground team we would like to wish all our members, visitors, fellow greenkeepers and followers a very merry Christmas.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

8 years

Spot the difference!! 29th April, 2C and snow to 6th May, 22C and sun!! What a difference 7 days makes!

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 months

18/4 Race to beat rain.... again Greens cut and surrounds finished being cut More rough cut at 3" Some more fairways cut and managed to cut Wetter longer ones with rotary rough mower at 1" Not ideal ground conditions but all had a cut of sorts. Apologies for inevitably tyre marks

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

9 months

14/12 @DiggerduncTPL clearing the ditch to the right of the 6th. One of the Main outlets for the course this ditch. Got right through to the ditch end to right of 8th green. This was blocked so dug a bit further away to find decent section of the culvert. Got this running.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 months

27/4 Greens cut and ironed, holes changed and whiten, blocks back on all par 3s ,checked blocks and bunkers, play well everyone 🏌‍♂️

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

8/4 - 10:20am Well done and great job completed by Dave Myers and his group of volunteers ,

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

20/6 Things always look better with the sun out but really pleased with the response to Mondays liquid feed on the greens. Geeens cut and Ironed, holes changed and bunkers checked. Plugged 1 or 2 scars and scalped hole plugs to edge of the green.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

Prior to this snow we had several frosty days where we went onto temporary greens. I appreciate some clubs don't, but I personally believe in protecting the greens during a frost. This article explains my reasoning for temporary greens

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

6 years

Bradley makes his mark in the Manchester and District Golf Alliance at Styal. Chorley pro Mark Bradley, enjoying a win with 39 points. The picture below shows just how shocked Manchester Alliance Captain Dave Green is Mark’s winning score. Well done Pro.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

1 year

8/4 After a wet March it's a relief to see some dry, sunny weather in time for the Mens Opening Medal. Greens cut, holes changed and blocks/bunkers checked. Some more fairways cut also.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

10 months

8/11 Thankfully, we have been able to continue the works left of 13th green as we can access the site via the lane to the clubhouse. Today, drains added into the area. Coming across a stone culvert along the way. This is now running where it wasn't before.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

19/11 Digger driver in to look at wet spot on the 12th fairway. Turned out to be only job of the day, nearly a "what have I started?" Job but turned out ok Found blocked pipe in wet spot then traced it to blocked main on 12th fence line. Roots cleared & all flowing, plenty water.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 months

26/4 What a difference a week makes. Last Friday course was saturated, couldn't get any machine out. By today a full cut of course Greens, surrounds/approaches, rest of fairways and rough with most bankings cut. Full rake of bunkers. Tees divoted, bins emptied. Zero turn cutting

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

5 months

1/4 Skeleton staff in over Easter, great drying days, meaning by Monday morning before the rain, we got some fairways cut with rough mower at 1" as too long for cylinder mowing. Surrounds cut, greens sprayed. On Sunday, 8 Greens hand mown that weren't done Thursday. Course prep.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

7 months

27/2 3 dry days made a big difference, drying nicely....or was. Rain returned. But before this, managed to get a few fairways cut with lighter surrounds mower & greens sprayed. Greens dew brushed and blown clear of bird pecking debris prior Drains rodded at 12th,tree roots again.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

Frozen ground has its advantages. Able to get out with materials & machinery with minimal damage. Drain near 4th green finally stoned up & drain in fairway now ready for turf. Spoil picked up when thawed. Digger back out investigating 8th drains & 1st ditch cleared on right.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

9 months

5/12 8am Unfortunately, temporary greens again today. It may look like the frost has cleared but it is still in the ground 1/2" down. Now is the most critical time for protection of the greens to prevent root shear.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

13/9 As the law states...a slo-mo of the top dresser in action on maintenence day. Because, as we know, without a slo-mo video did even actually happen😄

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

4 years

8/2 Snow covered again, usually get protected by the pennines when it comes from the East but a light covering, gone by early afternoon. Used the hard ground to reinstate blocked drain repair on 12th & stone up. Digger driver in clearing ditch to right of 13th and investigate.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

20/2 Water getting off the course ok via the main ditches and the pipes that feed these ditches. Problem is it can't keep up with the volume of water coming down from above. Last 3 days - 48mm (about 2") Last 7 days - 77mm (3") This month - 167mm(6.5")

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

10 months

7/11 @DiggerduncTPL back in today down at the 13th. Turned into a big job on the main drain running along the fence line as this is where we're running the drain from the left of the green. Blocked by tree roots so needed to sort this and drain the greenside bunker on the right.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

1 year

2/8 Another miserable day, when will it end? Managed to finish cutting rough/semi rough. A day of strimming jobs & changing spikes on sarel roller cassette. Thanks to the contribution from the 200 club we have purchased 7 bin/ball washer combos. So put these together & out today.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

Why is your course closed? This is how much damage the rain is doing

It’s raining, it’s pouring – and our golf courses are suffering. Two experienced greenkeepers outline the challenges they and their colleagues are facing over the coming months

www.nationalclubgolfer.com

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

3 years

15/3 Much needed dry day and forecasted dry week after 71mm in last 7 days. Path finished to the practice nets by rootzoning and turfing the edges, drain connected into existing drain on 3rd and rootzoning area where mats lifted on 9th.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

2 years

19/11 Proper Autumnal morning, the pleasant version. Dew brush greens only for it to form again soon after, leaf blowing as standard and general check of the course.

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Chorley Golf Club

@ChorleyGolfClub

11 months

16/10 Hoping to have a full dry week as the forecast suggested last week but has now changed to only 2 dry days Today, managed to Verti-drain all the greens. Due to reduced window had to up the speed as need tractor to top dress tomorrow. 14 greens cored & collected Holes changed

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