CLUB DIARY & INFORMATION
FOR MEMBERS
CLUB DIARY - Sunday, 22ND December to Sunday, 5TH January 2025
Sun, 22nd Ladies Competition @ 11.30am
Presentation of Prizes for Christmas competitions during Captain’s speech
Christmas Hamper Draw.
Mon 23rd
Tues, 24th
Wed, 25th ** Clubhouse Closed
Thurs, 26th Clubhouse Closed
Fri, 27th - Sun, 5th January - No functions.
COURSE MANAGER’S REPORT
I would like to start this week by thanking all the members and staff at Penn Golf Club for making me welcome at this great Club. My decision to come here in the summer has proven to be one of the best decisions I have made. The people really do make this Club and I'm looking forward to making more improvements on the course going forward.
As we go into the Christmas and New Year period, we have been busy again with ropes, posts and mats ensuring that traffic is pushed where we want it and vulnerable wet areas are protected as much as possible. All this work now will help us get the course into shape quicker and help us prepare for the Summer ahead. The greens have again been tined with the pro core this week to keep the surface open then followed by a hand cut. This will be the last time until after the festive period we will carry out such work. Both holes on the greens have been changed and will be swapped daily over the next two weeks and bunkers and teeing areas will continue to be maintained. We do have staff on holiday at this time and, as a result, we won’t be seen as much on the course but be assured daily inspections will take place and information will be communicated to the members. Please enjoy your golf and continue to follow the ropes, repair your pitch marks and rake your footmarks. The use of fairway mats is proving again to be very worthwhile and the fairways are benefiting greatly from this practice, which will again help us going forward.
The New Year will be a very busy one, the 11th and 18th tees will be completed and turfed so they can be ready for play in late spring, paths will be improved on those tees and all the tees will be getting a makeover with new discs and the existing signage cleaned up and repositioned. We will continue to aerate the greens on a regular basis and cut when required. I'm very excited for 2025 but know we have a few months of wet conditions to get through yet, so please be patient and understand hole and course closures will be with us for some time yet, but before long the days will get longer and I'm going to need somewhere to store all my rope!!
From Myself, Ben, Ryan, Martin and James we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Dave.
Course Manager.
Sun, 22nd Ladies Competition @ 11.30am
Presentation of Prizes for Christmas competitions during Captain’s speech
Christmas Hamper Draw.
Mon 23rd
Tues, 24th
Wed, 25th ** Clubhouse Closed
Thurs, 26th Clubhouse Closed
Fri, 27th - Sun, 5th January - No functions.
COURSE MANAGER’S REPORT
I would like to start this week by thanking all the members and staff at Penn Golf Club for making me welcome at this great Club. My decision to come here in the summer has proven to be one of the best decisions I have made. The people really do make this Club and I'm looking forward to making more improvements on the course going forward.
As we go into the Christmas and New Year period, we have been busy again with ropes, posts and mats ensuring that traffic is pushed where we want it and vulnerable wet areas are protected as much as possible. All this work now will help us get the course into shape quicker and help us prepare for the Summer ahead. The greens have again been tined with the pro core this week to keep the surface open then followed by a hand cut. This will be the last time until after the festive period we will carry out such work. Both holes on the greens have been changed and will be swapped daily over the next two weeks and bunkers and teeing areas will continue to be maintained. We do have staff on holiday at this time and, as a result, we won’t be seen as much on the course but be assured daily inspections will take place and information will be communicated to the members. Please enjoy your golf and continue to follow the ropes, repair your pitch marks and rake your footmarks. The use of fairway mats is proving again to be very worthwhile and the fairways are benefiting greatly from this practice, which will again help us going forward.
The New Year will be a very busy one, the 11th and 18th tees will be completed and turfed so they can be ready for play in late spring, paths will be improved on those tees and all the tees will be getting a makeover with new discs and the existing signage cleaned up and repositioned. We will continue to aerate the greens on a regular basis and cut when required. I'm very excited for 2025 but know we have a few months of wet conditions to get through yet, so please be patient and understand hole and course closures will be with us for some time yet, but before long the days will get longer and I'm going to need somewhere to store all my rope!!
From Myself, Ben, Ryan, Martin and James we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Dave.
Course Manager.