THE GREENKEEPING TEAM Jody Wilson is the Course Manager who has been at Mid Herts for 15 years. His team are well qualified to carry out the majority of the work in house and he only needs to use external support for the very specialised work.
The ongoing plan at Mid Herts is to continue to open up woodland areas to encourage the heathland, manage the grassland in such a way as to further encourage wildlife, the seeding of wild flowers and to regenerate and encourage new growth of rare examples of Juniper that can be found around the golf course.
With modern and well-maintained machinery they are able to present the golf course to a high standard with attention to detail and showcase a ‘hidden gem’ within a village location.
MID HERTS GOLF COURSE IS A BEAUTIFUL HEATHLAND COURSE AND A HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE.
Using a Resource Management system Jody maintains the golf course in a costeffective way and keeps abreast of new and approved products on the market, as well as sharing ideas with his colleagues in the industry.
The Club continues to create heather features with intensive leaf collection and with regular turf stripping, more and more heather is appearing. With a total of 43 bunkers refurbishing is ongoing and will continue with reshaping,
remodelling and introducing bunker linings that will give longevity and quality to the playability of the bunkers. Pathways play an important part in the aesthetics of any golf course and improvement to several is underway and will be ongoing. Work has also been planned to upgrade and enhance the practice facilities for the benefit of the members and the Mid Herts Coaching Team. With the gradual increase in rainfall over the past 10 years that has doubled from 549mm to over 1000mm, golf courses are now having to deal with drainage issues and action is being taken with a drainage program to keep the course open as much as possible. The greens are most affected and these will be drained outside of the main golfing season with an ongoing plan to continue this throughout the golf course.
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