GREENS INFORMATION  The major work this winter is on drainage. With rainfall seemingly increasing year on year, we need to do our very best to keep our on course drains flowing properly. We have put in new drains across some greens and on the worst fairways as well as repairing damaged drains all over the course. The course now seems to have now recovered reasonably well from the major flooding in September (pictures below). Winter work tidy up is well underway on areas which have caused us most trouble during the wet spells. i.e. 6th,11th,14th,16th and 17th. The bunker at right of the 5th green has been moved a little left to control traffic better and to help with tying up some broken drains. There will be a new bunker put in shortly about 60 yards short of the new 4th green. The copse of trees to the left of the 12th green which have been causing extreme shading to the green, have now been removed.   January 2010   Sunshine January 2010         9th Hole January 2010   NEWS Friday the 1st May 2009 saw the 4th hole opened for play after huge construction. The green and most of the fairway inside 120 yards was lifted and rebuilt. There are discussions about the re-bunkering of the entire hole in the near future but the exact positioning of them is being looked at by our course architect, David J Russell. The greens committee will then decide if this will make the hole a better challenge for all players. There have been some drainage issues in the fairway and extra drainage channels have been put in. These channels will be seeded and should solve any future problems even if rainfall continues to increase. At present the big issue for all inland courses is how to make them cope better with the extreme rainfall we are getting. 2008 saw the second phase of our course redesign work being carried out by Paul Murphy and his staff. They changed the surface on the 12th green in 2006 to allow for better drainage and to encourage stronger grasses to thrive. In late 2007-early 2008 we joined forces with David J Russell from RAW Golf Design to set out a re-bunkering programme to bring the course "up to date". At present the 10th, 13th and 15th have seen some bunker work. The 4th hole has been redesigned and the green rebuilt to a very high specification. It is nearly finished it's makeover as the green has been the cause of some major problems for the last couple of years. Although many say it is one of our best par 5's, it will be made even into one of the best par 5's in the country. The work is finished now with the Gelly burn re-routed slightly and a small pond put in short right of the new green. New bunkering near the green will take place in winter 2009. The removal of some of our larger trees around the 5th green has proved to be a huge success with the green transformed and looking very healthy even into late autumn