This Week At The Royal Mayfair Golf Club

On The Course

• The range netting has been repaired but Mark from Netex has confirmed what I suspected. The entire system is need of major repairs. That includes the netting, posts, cables and most of the anchor bolts. He will be forwarding advice and a quote to the club at which time we will review our options for the future.
• The front 9 greens will be verticut and topdressed on Tuesday (the frost delay today has pushed it back until tomorrow).
• The greens height will be at .125 inches by Wednesday and the first Men's League event.
• Fairways will be sprayed with a liquid fertilizer today and tomorrow.
• Greens and tee surrounds will be fertilized with a granular product.
• Cleanup continues as required. We now have poplar debris falling off the new buds to deal with.
• Widening/making perimeters of fairways and by extension the first cut of rough on holes 7, 9, 14, 15, 17 and 18.
• Bunker work will continue on the back 9 over the next week or so.

LREP Work

• Sodding on #18 and #11 throughout the day on Tuesday.
• Sand install at #11 green should hopefully be completed by the start of Men's League.
• Driving range mat platform/deck will be built this week. Turf Hound mat system to be laid down following completion.
• The actual range itself will have the new irrigation done by the end of the week and sodding of the target greens and the new natural grass surface should be finished by the end of next week.
• Rootzone and capping soil installation on the 10th tee and the SGPA is ongoing at present.
• Work behind the 11th green will still be occurring after the green opens. Everyone will need to exercise caution in this area.
• Many areas on the back 9 will be roped off so please keep power carts off as directed.
• Curbing on the new asphalt paths is scheduled to begin later next week.

We are opening the back this week but it is a work in progress. Expectations among the membership will vary.

Some of you will be pleased and surprised, some patient and some disappointed. I understand that. Please keep in mind the amount of work we have accomplished to date and the constraints we have had to work under. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Once the big picture is taken care of my staff will be working very hard on the "fit and finish" throughout the summer. I will of course keep you informed at least weekly of all projects big or small that remain.

Thank you for your patience and understanding to date and in the future.

Wade