Keep up to date with what's happening on the golf course through 2024 Holding The Rose Series, R&A Open FQ & The Jacques Léglise & Junior Vagliano Trophies
A completely different start to this mornings set up thankfully! Full course cut, with greens, tees, surrounds & fairways cut. Holes changed along with bunkers raked. Fabulous work again from the team for
@RandA
Jacques Leglise & Junior Vagliano trophies.Let’s hope we see some ☀️
A big thanks to the staff whom, again knocked it out the park this season! Looking forward to seeing all the projects starting as soon as we get back in January. But from us to you, the members, guests, visitors & suppliers have a Merry Xmas & Happy New Year.
#2023
A great night giving a presentation to approx. 70members showing the difference between 2018 & 2022 along with some data collection, tools of the trade and cutting units. This was after some lovely food & drinks from the clubhouse staff. Thanks to everyone that attended.
Amazing difference in one year, after last years drought
@WestLancsGC
! Still lots to be done but definitely going in to winter stronger than last year 😂
And so the celebrations begin
@WestLancsGC
150years as a golf club is being celebrated and what better way to start with some new cups & flags.
#bigyearahead
#linksgolf
So there we have it, season starts tomorrow! The staff have worked tremendously hard over the winter months & today we see the course coming together in the sunshine. Please remember it’s only March tho! Have a great weekend
#linksgolf
Great work going on the Links, with last bits of turfing being done after January’s work & the start of the season preparation. The first dressing of 22 on yesterday after a double pass of the seeder. Another one planned for tomorrow. Annual rough management this week too
Well what a great morning shift from the staff and volunteers. Alarm off at 3am to then see the staff leave the sheds at 3.59am for FQ
@TheOpen
set up! Crowds have come in to see some great golf in good linksy conditions! Sun out now this afternoon as 2nd round are all now out
So it was “Greenkeepers Revenge” today for the members. With a few dodgy pins, some poor weather & sadistic greenkeeping team we hope everyone enjoyed themselves …… even just a little bit.
A lovely day out on the Links & missed the frost! Great to catch up with Tom
@cookiejargolf
too.
@ContractingHtn
in laying the final bit of the jigsaw with our new practice facilities. Looks amazing!
#2023anniversary
So 24 hours after the final of the
@RandA
117th Women’s Amateur Championship
@WestLancsGC
I couldn’t be more prouder of the staff in what was a tough week of weather. Looking forward to seeing the highlights on
@SkySports
#topteam
Staff have continued to hit the standards everyday & this last couple of weeks have been no exception! Testing completed this morning & so all set up for FQ for 151st
@TheOpen
@RLGCHoylake
Ropes out with plenty of spectator signage to help navigate the expected spectators around.
Thank a Greenkeeper Day! A big thank you from me to the team especially over the last 18months (past & present). Let’s hope going forward is safer for everyone!
#linksgolf
Another 6mm plus of ☔️ today! I know the staff here are fed up with it all, so feel for all the inland Greenkeepers right now. We keep battling on! 1050mm since 1st July 2023, 286.8mm since 1st Jan 2024 🤦♂️ Some sunshine and dry days would be welcome 🙏
With yesterday’s
@TheOpen
FQ with 4 spots available
@RoyalTroonGC
we thought we’d share our morning set up with you! Congratulations to the 4 players who got through. Thanks to
@SciarriniAndrew
for making all our videos over the last few weeks, whilst working too 👍
Great afternoon with the team over
@RLGCHoylake
with Links Manager
@JamesBledge
Course is in great shape ahead on
@TheOpen
Proud to be a small part in this years event with FQ only 50days to go
#linksgolf
And so it begins! Infrastructure starts to arrive
@WestLancsGC
for
@RandA
@TheOpen
RQ & FQ In 8 days time. Staff are continuing to keep the standards there with just a little tweak to the greens if needed. Only 9.8mm ☔️ for the month so let’s see what we get next week!
#links
So first days practice of FQ of
@TheOpen
@RLGCHoylake
is well underway. Thanks to the extra staff that have come in, joined our team & carried out what was needed professionally.
Looks like staff have got out of the wrong side of bed this morning! Just as well it’s Greenkeepers Revenge
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
Good luck to alll members playing and thanks for your support.
After all of the work last week, one of our staff left on Saturday after rolling the greens for the last time.
@jamespeddie2
has left to take up the roll of Deputy
@CastletownGolf
Golf on the Isle of Man. We wish him well in his new roll.
8.6c soil temp still reasonable for early November. Top dressing of fairways going well, ready for verti-draining later on today.
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
Little changes for the 2022 season ahead on the Links. Also needing an important tool for best use of our irrigation system whilst we go through this dry period! 15mm in 28 days, 18 days with none, a few frosts & some easterly winds thrown in!
#linksgreenkeeping
Great to see
@WestLancsGC
climb up this list to No50 on Top100 Links courses UK&IRE. A big thank you to all my staff who work tirelessly everyday to keep improving the condition of the Links. We have also moved up to No28 in the Top 100 courses in 🏴
You know the season isn’t far away when the 1st planning meeting of 2023 for Final Qualifying to the 151st
@TheOpen
@RLGCHoylake
takes place.
#linksgolf
It’s only right to thank my staff not only for their hard work, commitment but their flexibility in what has been a year of highs with
@RandA
Women’s Am & lows of this 🦠 In fact the whole team
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
have come together for 2020 so here’s to a better 2021 🍻
Even though we’re only working with 4 staff on a rotational basis
@WestLancsGC
& the weather the way it is we are continuing with drainage work. Hopefully the rise in temps next week will allow us to turf the bank but will take a while to melt the ice on the fairways!
What shift that has been over the last 30hours or so
@WestLancsGC
for the
@RandA
Women’s Amateur Championship. With gales & 23mm of driving rain we left last night not knowing what we were coming into. The staff pulled it off as they do!
It’s been a long & tough 18months or so
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
but it’s only right to pay tribute to all of my staff & thank them for there hard work. We know we have lots more to do on the fairways after last years drought but we will get there.
#seasonshere
#topteam
Course set up done for this morning with some welcomed ☔️ last night
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
Last bits of prep done for the
@RandA
@TheOpen
“sterile day” tomorrow. Forecast looking decent and improving over next 5days too.
#linksgolf
And so ends the Winter season. It’s been a tough, but satisfying winters work…..very proud of what the staff have achieved over the last 5 months. Let the summer begin with April Medal tomorrow, Crosby Plate northern order of merit Sunday 🤦♂️then Augusta Syndrome next weekend 💥
Another great weeks work completed, thanks to
@chriscardinal7
& the staff here. Hopefully we will get things all tidied up next week to then get back to prepping course for the 2022 season. Pictures to follow after all done but here’s a quick look at the 2nd new pathway.
Some great attention to detail by the staff
@WestLancsGC
as always. Course starting to polish up nicely! Extra machines & staff in tomorrow for start of final preparations for
@RandA
Women’s Amateur Championship 2020
#linksgolf
Another Friday, end of month & 23 days to go before
@RandA
Woman’s Amateur comes to
@WestLancsGC
First full & only week of staff back since lockdown before tournament! Staff have put in a great shift over the whole year never mind this week. Have a great weekend
#StaySafe
#links
So that’s set up complete for FQ for 151st
@TheOpen
@RLGCHoylake
Great effort with staff and volunteers. Weather looking good for the day. Hope everyone has a fantastic time. Even had early spectators on 15th!
Last thing to do tonight is switch off the irrigation system! It’s been a long day
@WestLancsGC
but looking forward to tomorrow to welcome the competitors of
@RandA
Women’s Amateur Championship 2020 on our links. The staff have done a terrific job as always.
#linksgolf
Been a busy few weeks on the Links, with staff taking advantage of the dryer weather. We have managed to get our cold seeding programme on the greens completed. This includes bent & fescue seed, 40tons of sand and 3 passes over the greens. A little tonic today I aid recovery!
As the year finishes, it’s not been without its challenges but also its highs! Thank you to all the team, that have yet again excelled themselves to deliver a fantastic course for our 150th anniversary. Here’s to 2024! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year
#Welcome2024
A big thank you to all my staff (& volunteers who helped us for FQ) who continue to produce great work day in day out out on the Links! It’s been some year so far.
#thankagreenkeeperday
Crosby Plate set up being completed, with a nice 6c to allow the greens double cut & holes changed. Hope the competitors have a great day on the start of a busy week
#linksgolf
Another deluge on the links this morning, the rainfall from 1st July 2023 to date has reached 939.5mm compared to an annual average of 620mm pre 2023. With the water table high & these amounts of rainfall there’s not much room left in the soils. 🤦♂️
A scary view from the golf course this afternoon with the wind blowing the fire in our direction. A huge thank you to the fire brigade who attended and put the fire out before it caused too much damage and reached the golf course.
Fantastic day’s work with staff laying 800m of turf from
@lancsturf
on the new practice tee & surrounded areas. Greens overseeding completed and 4th pathway ready for final prep and turf thanks to
@chriscardinal7
#linksgolf
#150thanniversary
Like most courses this week, we saw a glimpse of 🌞 but that’s been short lived with 32.2mm in the last week! Staff have put in another great shift especially on Tuesday & Wednesday morning when weather played 🥎 With a full course cut &20 ton of sand into 10mm holes on greens!
Great to see the infrastructure coming together
@WestLancsGC
for
@RandA
Women’s Amateur Championship next week. Just wish this weather would sort itself out...... Friday could be a bit 💨 💨
#linksgolf
As the weather plays it part in the lead up to FQ on Tuesday for 151st
@TheOpen
@RLGCHoylake
the fine adjustments carry on in the workshop as the last few touches are done by the staff. Scoreboards are up on course. What a field so let’s hope the weather plays it’s part too.
Another great shift from the team today
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
getting the extension to the main drain on 15th done in this unusually warm September day! Greens & holes cut along with bunkers raked for the Ladies Medal. Chester made his first appearance too on the course!
So today starts a fantastic 2023 for
@WestLancsGC
and everyone involved. Not only it’s great to be holding FQ
@TheOpen
when it’s back
@RLGCHoylake
The club’s 150th year anniversary takes place! First of all a few small projects taking place over the next few weeks!
#letsgo
Great to have
@RandA
agronomist
@alistairbeggs
on site this morning to check course over before FQ
@TheOpen
on Tuesday. Nice to see greens are reasonably firm given what we have been through weather wise. We continue to
#meettheteam
Have a great weekend!
A lovely morning out on the links
@WestLancsGC
@WestLancsPro
A slight 50mph wind reduction allowed us to get some irrigation on over the course. Greens & surrounds cut, bunkers raked along with fairways sprayed. A bit of wildlife out as well!
#linksgolf
#healthylifestyle
Crosby Plate set up in progress, heavy rain showers again this morning but the Links holding up! Windy morning should help dry us up a little but will be tough scoring I’d imagine. Staff again pulled out all the stops this last week to help produce what we have in this weather☔️
It’s been a busy few weeks on the links, with the staff powering through the winter programme ready for the practice ground project to start in January. Maintenance week was completed during these times too! A big thanks to the staff for their hard work & dedication from me!
After 4 days of really hard graft we have completed the coring of the greens
@WestLancsGC
Approx 30tons taken out, 30tons of sand
@BunkerMat_com
put back in. Prior to this Bio Top
@PearsonClive
applied then brushed in with a demo machine from
@BalmersSales