The Duke’s Green Keeping

Hello again! With August now behind us we are looking forward to September. The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will be held on the Old Course, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie and always creates a great buzz around the town. This year two of our team will assist at Kingsbarns for the week, hopefully Jon and Steven will [...]

Hello everyone thanks for joining me on The Duke’s green keeping blog. After 3 times the average monthly rainfall for August fell in the first 10 days of the month we are getting back to normal again and the waterproofs have finally dried off! Last week we hosted a group of German green keepers and [...]

Hi folks thanks for joining me. As you would expect from a Scottish summer, July has seen a mix of different weathers! Generally dry with a few very heavy downpours but luckily nothing compared to what we had to deal with in Inverness at the Scottish Open. Maintaining the bunkers can be a challenge when [...]

Hi everyone thanks for joining me on the Green Keeping Blog. As I mentioned in my last post Craig Parry and I joined the green keeping team at Castle Stuart to help out at the Scottish Open at the beginning of the month. Volunteering for tournaments held on other golf courses is part of our [...]

Hi everyone! I’m back and ready to go after a tough weekend working at Castle Stuart for the Scottish Open. As you all know the weather was not on its best behaviour which caused a few headaches for the green keeping team, but overall a great experience. I promise I will share all the details [...]

Hi folks, It’s been a busy month for us here at The Duke’s with many busy days and lots of happy golfers. The year seems to be disappearing quickly with the longest day of the year already behind us. Unbelievably it’s now time to bring you the June Report, a brief overview of our work [...]

Hi everyone thanks for stopping in on The Duke’s Green Keeping blog. We were lucky to escape the strong winds last week with minimal damage. Around a dozen trees were affected – most were away from play areas; however one did cause a concern when it fell across the driveway blocking access to the course. [...]

Hi everybody, it’s good to speak to you all again. After all our complaints about the dry weather we had in April we have welcomed the recent downpours, it’s as though the course has breathed a small sigh of relief! The course looks fantastic, the fresh green grass is growing quickly and the gorse bushes [...]

Hi folks, thanks for joining me in our new blog home. As you can see we’ve moved the blog on to our website and spruced it up a little. Don’t worry; I’m still here to keep you up to date with everything going on at The Duke’s – around the course and the clubhouse. I [...]

Trying to catch up on time lost in December has been the main focus this month, before the grass really starts growing again we have had various drainage issues to address in several areas including bunkers and ditches as well as installing a bunker liner in one of the bunkers on 16 which should reduce [...]