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What are the brown patches that have appeared on some of the tees?
The brown patches are caused by a fungal disease known commonly as Dollar Spot. This disease can also be seen on some of the fairways. This disease has increased on the course over the last few years due to the combination of wet summers and mild winters without any prolonged periods of frost. The disease…
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Should divots be replaced on tees?
No. Where possible the divot should be filled with the sand and seed mix in the green boxes at the side of the tee. If there is no sand and seed mix in the box or if there is no box then the divot should be discarded. Because of the high footfall that occurs on…
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Why do we not have sand boxes on all the tees so people can repair divots?
The sand boxes are surprisingly expensive (due to them only being made by a small number of companies). In order to keep costs down the sand boxes are only placed on tees which get the most divots. e.g. par 3s and shorter par 4s where irons are used to tee off. This policy also means…
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Why don’t we rest the white/medal tees during the winter?
The generally small areas of our tees means that the areas of the tee left open during winter would receive excessive wear. It is, therefore, better to keep the whole tee area open and move tees around to get consistent wear. The 11th tee is an exception, where a specific winter tee has been created…
