Tim Regan Aston Wood Golf Club PGA Director of Golf |
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Maintenance Week
You may have noticed 100's of holes in the greens this week; this process is called "Verti Draining".
This is the verti draining machine punching holes in the green to a depth of five inches.
The greens are then covered with sand, seed and top dressing, which is brushed into all the holes on the greens.
 
Why Do We Vert Drain and What Are The Benefits Of Verti Draining?
Verti draining allows the exchange of gases in the soil allowing carbon dioxide out and oxygen in. It will encourage healthier deeper root growth. It aerates the soil and relieves compaction. It also helps improve the greens surface, improves and promotes good soil structure and creates quicker drying surfaces along with better absorption of water from the surface into the drainage system, helping prevent surface water problems. Verti draining also alleviates problems that greens face such as compacted surfaces after long periods of continuous use.
Why Do We Top Dress With Sand?
We do this because pontardawe's greens are clay based, top dressing with sand helps break down the clay dramatically improving the drainage.
What Happens If We Don't Verti Drain and Top Dress?
If we don't carry out this work at specific times in the year, over a period of time the greens will become soft and spongy. This will obviously create a slower putting surface. It will also encourage diseases and the big thing is we would be playing the greens less in the winter months.
New Captain John Robinson
Thursday saw AWOS welcome their new incoming captain John Robinson. We wish him all the best for the 2017 golfing season.
Scratch Team
The ladies scratch team played Little Aston on Friday and after five well fought matches, the result was three - two to Little Aston.
Lady Taskers
The ladies taskers played The Leicestershire on Sunday afternoon and after a sudden death play off, they just lost out to the away team.
Great Score in The Medal
We had a fantastic score of nett 62 in the medal on Saturday from Lee Millward, who has seen his handicap come down to 6.7.
Am Am Sunday, 30 April
We have a few tee times left for the Am Am, so if you want to enter a team please let me know ASAP.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a Happy Easter.
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