Excited to be joining
@FormbyGolfClub
as Course Manager in October ⛳️
I’ve enjoyed a fantastic time at
@FairhavenGolf
over the last three years and I’m sure the club will continue to progress 🙌🏼
Looking forward to the new challenges ahead!
#Greenkeeping
Formby Golf Club are delighted to announce that
@JoeBarnes24
has accepted the position of Course Manager and will commence employment at the Club in early October. Joe brings with him a wealth of experience working at venerable clubs such as
@FairhavenGolf
and
@RoyalLythamGolf
.
So after nearly 13 great years at
@RoyalLythamGolf
I will be moving to pastures new in March.
I’m delighted to be joining the fantastic
@FairhavenGolf
as Course Manager ⛳️
I joined
@RoyalLythamGolf
in 2008 and it’s been an absolute pleasure and privilege to work on such a fantastic course alongside a great team for all those years.
Today it was nice to finish my working time there with a hand mow in front of the famous clubhouse.
#Greenkeeping
After 14 highly successful years,
@JoeBarnes24
starts on new journey as Course Manager
@FairhavenGolf
today.
Joe, we are delighted that your passion, dedication and hard work has been rewarded. We hope you will take away fond memories of your time
@RoyalLythamGolf
.
My penultimate week
@RoyalLythamGolf
done and the greens team have treated me today!
A great card, a very nice top from
@rlproshop
, and a fantastic carrot cake made by our very own in-house star baker
@davehughes47
, top bake as always 👏🏼😋
That’s us Greenkeepers
@FairhavenGolf
pretty much done for 2021, what a pleasure it’s been to work with the fantastic team
@FGCcourseupdate
on this great course since March.
Merry Christmas All and Best Wishes for 2022 🎄🎉
Today
@RoyalLythamGolf
saw the arrival of tournament support machinery from
@JohnDeere
for The Senior Open
These additions to our fleet help us increase mowing frequency and produce championship standard surfaces in the short maintenance window we have on tournament mornings ⛳️
Christmas do day for the
@fairhavengolf
greenkeepers today 🎄
Thanks to all our members for an understanding year, it’s certainly been a wet one! ☔️ and a thank you from me to the team who continue to do their best day in, day out.
Here’s to a drier and sunnier 2024 🙏🏼🥳
As temperatures increase so does the growth and the greens
@FairhavenGolf
were looking good after a hand mow in todays sunshine ☀️
Hopeful for a dry end to March following a very wet last few weeks 🤞🏼
A very cold week
@FairhavenGolf
, where temperatures barely broke freezing, provided some great winter scenes ❄️
Looks to warm up a touch next week as we continue with our winter projects ⛳️
A great few days in Scotland attending the
@linksclub246
conference at the superb
@carnoustiegolf
🏴⛳️
Very lucky to play the Championship course which
@CraigBoath
and the team have in sublime condition, amazing fescue surfaces and some of the best bunkering around👌🏼
Back home after a great few days in Ireland for the
@LinksIrish
event
Very lucky to play
@PortstewartGC
and
@royalportrush
, both of which were in superb condition, producing some of the best fescue surfaces you will find 🇮🇪 ⛳️
Strong winds can cause bunker sand to blow and gather at bunker edges.
This was the case last night so a full reinstatement was required this morning.
It took seven greenkeepers around four hours to repair the 168 bunkers we have on the championship course.
#greenkeeping
The sun was shining this afternoon
@FairhavenGolf
☀️
The
@FGCcourseupdate
team have been doing a great job maintaining the course through the recent wet weather.
Here’s hoping to a return for golf in the not too distant future🤞🏼
We have a vacancy for an Apprentice Greenkeeper
@FairhavenGolf
⛳️
This is a great opportunity to begin a career in golf course maintenance and management, please see the link below to apply and feel free to message me with any questions about the role.
It was nice to finish the week with good weather having had more than our fair share of rain on the Fylde coast, the course
@FairhavenGolf
is beginning to dry down ☀️
A timely application of wetting agent on greens and surrounds before this afternoon’s rain and came across two Puss Moths settled on the 8th flag of the Short Course
The greens
@FairhavenGolf
have been treated to four days of hand-mowing this week and they certainly look good for it 😎
Great work all round by the team has the course looking spot on heading into the weekend 👌🏼
It’s been a good second week
@FairhavenGolf
With an empty course it was good to demo the
@Gkbmachinesltd
CS160 seeder from
@BalmersSales
but I’m really looking forward to seeing members on the course from Monday, the team has put in a great shift & the course is looking good ⛳️
Installation of new
@RainBirdGolf
surround sprinklers starts today following irrigation system decommissioning by
@MJAbbottLtd
These extra sprinklers will allow us to water green surrounds independently to greens, which will in turn reduce man hours spent hand watering
A late evening
@FairhavenGolf
tonight for some data collection 📈
The heather looking superb, and the
@BarenbrugUK
SGT fine fescue popping nicely following selected overseeding on the green surrounds high spots and worn areas 👌🏼⛳️
Tremendous effort by the team over the last couple of weeks preparing the course for last weekend’s Captains Final and today’s Fylde Amateur Championship
@FairhavenGolf
With the weather finally on our side, the course is looking superb.
Finished for Christmas 🎄
It’s been another great year, and every member of the
@FGCcourseupdate
team has done a superb job throughout 👏🏼
Merry Christmas all 🍻
A hive of activity
@RoyalLythamGolf
as greens maintenance week sees coring, dressing and
@Gkbmachinesltd
dimple seeding with
@QualitySeed
J Fescue.
All whilst
@GolfLinkEvolve
start some course alterations, beginning with removing the last of the shale paths at the 4th.
The Fairhaven Trophies done for another year ⛳️
Great effort by the team to present the course the way it is following an extremely wet 9 months.
Cracking day for golf today, should be a good watch for the final two rounds
@FairhavenGolf
#FairhavenTrophies
Great to see the
@BarenbrugUK
Fescue and All Bent popping nicely two weeks on from overseeding with the
@GKBmachines
CS120 ⛳️
Rewarding the hard work of the
@FGCcourseupdate
team throughout maintenance week 🙌🏼👏🏼
A Saturday afternoon shift today to apply
@SyngentaTurfUK
Qualibra on fairways before tomorrow’s rain which completes a week of wetting agent applications with
@ICL_Turf
TriSmart applied to greens, tees and surrounds too ☔️
Sunday Spray Day!
Weather conditions just too good today to turn down a feed on the greens ☀️
Following Lady Captains Final on Friday and Saturday, today it’s the final Captains Qualifier of the season
@FairhavenGolf
A few pics from the weekend 👇🏼😎
Royal Lytham are looking for volunteers to be a part of the greenkeeping support staff for this years Senior Open Championship. For more information and to register your interest please contact me through Twitter. Please retweet
@BIGGALtd
Great to get the new tees open today for the Easter weekend
@FairhavenGolf
Superb ground works & construction through awful weather by
@chriscardinal7
💪🏼
A precise laser grade by
@ConsensusLtd
Then final shaping and turfing in-house by the team 👌🏼
2/2
As part of the programme of works, the removal of rhododendrons in between the teeing grounds, encourages a favourable environment and habitat for our local wildlife, whilst also providing future security to the majestic oak trees rooted in this area.
The winter program begins today
@FairhavenGolf
, starting with rebuilding some overdue bunkers.
A change in shape and style will see this bunker at the 16th much improved.
A busy week as always
@FairhavenGolf
as we build up towards the Fairhaven Trophies starting a week today 🏆
The team have worked hard to get the course looking great for this weekends Captains and Lady Captains Drive Ins ⛳️
Great to have a walk round
@royalbirkdale
today with
@ThomasDJacques
Some phenomenal work going on and I can’t wait to see the changes brought into play, taking an already incredible links to another level ⛳️
Another nice day on the Fylde coast, like round 1 yesterday, a stiff breeze producing challenging conditions for the Centenary Vase round 2 today.
Course drying down nicely, just in time for
@TheOpen
Regional Qualifying a week tomorrow 👌🏼⛳️
Wrapping up our greens maintenance week with a sunny Friday afternoon! ☀️
Greens Terra Spiked using our
@WiedenmannUK
GXi 8
300kg of
@BarenbrugGroup
Fescue, and 20kg of All Bent sown
30 tons of sand applied
Greens rolled and back in play ⛳️👌🏼😎
#Greenkeeping
Another great champion at Royal Lytham
@BernhardLanger6
, after testing conditions throughout the week the greens team did an amazing job ensuring the course was fit for play in order for the tournament to finish on Sunday. Well done all involved ⛳️👌🏼
The best day of the week here
@RoyalLythamGolf
☀️ allowing great conditions for a light topdressing. This will promote smoothness, trueness, pace and firmness along with many other long term surface improvements.
Who doesn’t love sand? ⛳️