When\nit comes to cutting and collecting, greenkeepers at Bolton Old Links GC\nconfidently go about their business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purchase\nin spring 2017 of a Wiedenmann Super 500, a 1.7m Terra Rake and a Whisper\nTwister blower kick-started a programme of rough and fairways management.\nAlready huge progress has been made with several vast unplayable areas back\nunder control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Course\nManager at the busy Lancashire club, Steve Hemsley has nothing but positives\nfor the difference being made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re\ngetting on really well. We have two distinct areas of rough; normal rough and\n\u2018penal\u2019 rough. The straight forward\nrough is cut weekly when it\u2019s been growing, maintained around two to three\ninches and is much cleaner than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur\npenal rough was previously really thick and harsh but it\u2019s now about two feet\nall over. We cut it as soon as our machines arrived, then regularly from\nOctober onwards and just before the start of this season. Already the top is much thinner and wispier,\njust as we\u2019d wanted but the base needs more attention as it\u2019s still quite thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOrdinarily\nin July we\u2019d have been cutting and collecting penal rough all through but we\nhaven\u2019t. Several big events plus our 10 yearly standard scratch score course\nassessment falling back to back meant we opted to leave it to grow tall and\nmake it a feature. The prolonged dry conditions have been perfect. So the Super\n500 will be out daily in August, cutting and collecting at every opportunity,\ndragging through the Terra Rake afterwards at a good speed to clean the base.\nIf needs be, we\u2019ll go back in with the blower and blow out any debris. Then we just repeat.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bolton Old Links GC, established in 1891 and redesigned by Dr Alister MacKenzie in\n1924, consistently earns plaudits for its unique\nchallenge and fast greens. Built on undulating farmland and a relatively\nexposed site, it boasts some spectacular vistas and attracts many visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re\nnot a parkland course as such but we do have lots of trees,\u201d said Steve\nHemsley. \u201cWe have mostly pines so collecting windfall is constant especially\nneedles and cones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ngreenkeeping team of five uses their 180\u00b0 Whisper Twister blower week in, week\nout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\ngoes around and tidies all the time,\u201d continued Steve Hemsley. \u201cIn winter it\nblows leaf litter and any tree damage or small branches. In spring it can be anywhere around the\ncourse helping us with presentation while in summer it just keeps on top of\nthings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith\nonly two tractors we can\u2019t always use our Wiedenmann\u2019s together as we might\nlike. Sometimes the blower rounds up debris and blows into the path of either the\nTerra Rake or the Super 500, or else the Terra Rake and the Super 500 sweeper\ncollector will be out in tandem. All three machines ride the contours very well\nand are doing a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bolton\nOld Links GC is supported by local Wiedenmann dealer Balmers Burnley depot with\nwhom they have a long standing relationship. Ground care specialist, Andrew\nMeeks, is the club\u2019s principal contact. \u201cWe\u2019ve a preferred supplier agreement\nand to be fair they, and Andrew in particular, have been fantastic throughout,\nnot just at demo but at after sales,\u201d concluded Steve Hemsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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