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DENI GOLF CLUB eNEWS
09 / 2020

A return to better weather has continued to attract great golfing
numbers and the number of small meetings and functions in the
clubhouse has increased.
Renovations are nearly complete and you would all agree that the club
is looking great. Lights have been installed in the silhouette and
spotlights light up the gums, they look amazing at night. Financially we
have come out of Covid fairly well, with government support and
grants etc we will finish the year in a good position.

Norm

                       PICKERS CUP
                 Sunday 11th October
            9.30 for 10 am shotgun start

COURSE MATTERS

It has been quite a nice start to spring this year. We’ve had some
good rain events as well as some sunnier days and the usual windy
days have been few and far between.
The greens continue to perform well and have only required one
recent fungicide application. The warmer days have been enough to
stimulate some bentgrass growth, so it would be expected that the
greens speed will decrease. Pug marks are not as noticeable thanks
to the greens now having some recovery with growth.

The tees are still quite thin as couchgrass growth and recovery

requires a higher soil temperature than bentgrass. Some higher
temperatures are forecast for later this week and this should spark
them up, as well as a fertilizer application applied during the week.

Fairways like tees are still thin and need some heat for growth. They
have regained some colour but not any growth as yet. 250kgs of
fertilizer per hectare is being applied this week. Our Poa Annua
( winter grass ) spray out was very successful you should notice this
on the 3rd fairway. You can also see how Poa overtakes Couchgrass
during the cooler months with the aid of constant shade. Our thick tree
lines are very detrimental to good turf coverage. The recent USGA
event at Winged Foot is a great example how a sparsely treed
course can still give the effect of tight driving tees and fairways. I urge
everyone to study the aerial shot of it, then compare it to our course.
Our trees might give our course some personality but it comes at a
price to turf quality.

 I know I sound like a broken record but carts continue to cause
unnecessary damage to our course. The most disappointing thing is
that its locals who are the worst. So many can’t or won’t adhere to the
10 metres from green rule, some of our regulars have been seen less
than 1 metre away. Cart users PLEASE adhere to the rules! We have
a large concrete area in front of the clubhouse that is especially for
carts to park. Park your carts on this so that the lawned area can
grow, the constant parking of carts on this area is preventing this.
We have used the crushed concrete material that Rob Hood donated
on the cart path on the 12th. It seems to pack down reasonably well
and should be a good option until we can concrete all the tracks.
Thank you to Rob and Jayne for the donation.

The second green is progressing well, we are a week ahead of
schedule so far, the area has been stripped of turf and that turf used to
patch weaker areas around the course. Plus some has been laid on
the 6th in preparation for the reconstruction of the 6th green as a
temporary green. The topsoil has been removed and used to shape

the outlying areas. The base has been shaped to mirror image the
surface. The drainage channels cut, pipe laid and covered with
100mm of 7mm stone. The greens sand has been applied and roughly
leveled, we now have to add the organics and slow release fertilizers
and integrate it into the top 150mm. We then level off the green again
and work on compaction, whilst fitting the irrigation. As soon as the
irrigation is fitted then the green and collar will be sown.

In the coming weeks we will complete the broadleaf weed spraying,
finish our fertilizer applications, spray our pre-emergent’s for summer
grass and prepare for our major renovations in November.
Terry Howe

Congratulations to the Ladies VW Scramble Winners.

Spring Classic Winners
     36 Hole Men’s Event Scott Alley & Brodie McQuie
Ryan Brunker & Mick Barnett were winners over the weekend.
                    Congratulations

Captain's Reports

Again another good month, with golfing numbers remaining high. The
monthly medal was sponsored by Francis Kelly and Grant Solicitors
and was won by Ron Turner with a net 68. Well done Moot!
The Spring Classic sponsored by Harvey Norman Sunrice and Coles
was also played, the men’s 36 hole winners were Scott Atley and
Brodie McQuie. It is good to see the young players doing well. The
ladies 36 hole winners were Ann Crossley and Sue Butcher. The
men’s scratch winners were Peter Joice and Chris Thomson and the
ladies scratch winners were Bridie Williams and Shannon Brown.
Congratulations to all the winners.

The Pickers Cup which is to be played on the 11th of October will be
played at 10.00 am ( 9.30 for 10 shotgun start ) to allow play to be
finished before the large number of visitors arrive for the Veteran’s
Week of Golf registration afternoon. The format has changed for the
VWOG, due to COVID issues, it will now be a 2 tee start so that a
mass gathering of golfers will hopefully be avoided. The numbers for
the VWOG are coming along well with over 140 players already
registered. If you wish to play over the week please put your entries in
at the Pro Shop.
There are still a large number of divots that are not being repaired so
please remember to fill your divots and any other divots that you see
that need filling.

Good Golfing,
John Radeski.

Another great month of golf with consistently good numbers of ladies
playing on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Monthly Medal contested on 3rd September and sponsored by
Radeski Earthmoving, was won by Brenda Leetham with net 68.

On Thursday 1st October we have our Medal of Medals playoff with
our 6 Thursday winter medal winners and 6 Saturday summer medal
winners contesting for Medal. We wish all contenders the best of luck.

A very successful one day, closed Double Date event was held on 1st
September. Jubilant winners of our Mary Bradshaw Bowl were Brenda
Campbell, Trish Chandler, Pam Jarrett and Denise Hunter.
Congratulations to these ladies.

On Sunday 27th September the Ladies Volkswagen Scramble was
played with nine teams competing. The winning team to move through
to Regional finals next March consisted of Prue Lloyd, Shandra
Simpson, Karen Druitt and Kym Sandford. It was a closely contested
event with the winners winning on a count back from Jenny Choice,
Bev Purtill, Anita Gorsuch and Vicki Robertson. A very enjoyable day
was had by all.

Continue to enjoy good golfing.

Ann Bull
Ladies Captain

Cheryl Fuller’s second shot on the 12th found an interesting lie. The
comment “there are worse places to be than in a bunker” rings true.

When Ball Is in Penalty Area
A ball is in a penalty area when any part of the ball:

     Lies on or touches the ground or anything else (such as any
     natural or artificial object) inside the edge of the penalty area, or
     Is above the edge or any other part of the penalty area.

Wednesday Golf

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