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Greens Convenor’s Report This is my first Winter Newsletter report as Greens Convenor and I would like to say what an honour and privilege it is to hold the position at Royal Dornoch. I am aware that I am following in the footsteps of extremely efficient and experienced Convenors and sadly as many of you know our previous Convenor passed away in October this year and our love and thoughts go to his wife Mags along with his family and friends. Adrian was a larger than life Yorkshireman who was truly passionate about Royal Dornoch Golf Club and completed at least 3 stints on Council as Greens Convenor. Adrian and his expertise will be greatly missed at Dornoch. The weather has been really mild lately which meant the green keepers were still cutting grass which is unusual in late November. However, as I write, Winter has arrived with a vengeance after a really mild but wet Autumn and has finally hit the courses with frost, snow, wind and rain. It hasn’t been the best week to be working outdoors but as normal Eoin and the team have persevered to get things done. The Winter programme is well under way and with hopefully some kind weather we will see the benefits for the start of the season. On the Championship Course the team have completed the bunker revetting on the 10th and started the ones on the top of the hill on the 17th. The greens have been micro tined which is done to relieve compaction and help the water percolate through the surface as quickly as possible so when the snow melts this should help dry out the surfaces quicker. Following the tining they were then rolled to smooth the surfaces for play. The team continue to turf weak or any worn areas on fairways. The revetting on the bank of the 8th tee is in the process of being done. On the Struie Course they continue to aerate the greens with the Air2G2 air injection machine. This breaks up the soil profile under the surface giving the roots of the grass plant room to grow in the air pockets it makes. The turfing of weak areas on the greens surrounds also continues. After a few stormy days the coastal erosion fencing on the 10th hole of the Struie Course took a battering so the team has replaced the damaged sections, built up the bank with sand and planted Marrum grass to help stabilise it. With the snow covering the course they also turned their attention to areas of bushes that needed to be removed or cut back. They have also started removing all the bushes in the dunes on the sea side of the course and trimming sides of pathways. Work has also been done on the Struie Course for the R&A Senior Amateur Championships in July next year. The grass has been coming back onto fairways and tees and now Eoin, Scott and team are hoping for a good Spring to help with growth. The enlarging of the 18th white tee has been finished with our own team completing the work and installing the irrigation. All of the Greens Committee completed a course walk on 6th December which was very beneficial and enjoyable to see at first hand all the work that is being done. We have had confirmation of passing the GEO certification in June 2021 which confirms that Royal Dornoch Golf Club has successfully achieved GEO Certified© status for its outstanding work to foster nature, conserve resources and support the community. GEO Certified© is the most respected certification for golf, based on a credibly and transparently developed modern and sustainable standard of best practice. 14
Many thanks to Eoin and Scott for keeping our members updated with regular course reports on the Royal Dornoch Members Facebook page. Eoin and Scott and our amazing green keeping team we thank you for all the hard work you do, early in the morning when most of us are still in bed, working throughout the seasons in sunshine, rain, wind and snow, preparing two superb courses for us to enjoy. There is no better place to be. We have so much to be thankful for in these uncertain times. Enjoy your winter golf and by the time you read this I hope you have all had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year. Wilma Murray Greens Convenor 15
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Page 7 and 8: The 2020 AGM also approved the appo
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Page 23 and 24: staff enjoyed 360 rounds at Royal D
Page 25 and 26: President’s Report On reading my
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Page 31 and 32: Another innovation was the Senior C
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