Mougins, October 1, 2011

 Dear Members,

 Given the present  condition of our golf course, I like to take this opportunity to outline to you the various steps which we will undertake this month to try improve this situation :

 Greens : Continuation of our fertilisation process which started mid august, and every week a light topdressing.

Aprons : Spiking and (where necessary) an overseeding of most collars of our greens in  combination with a selective use of glyphosate (=N) to fight the unwanted species present.

These zones will be marked, as glyphosate on the greens may burn certain zones, so please try to avoid  passing through these zones !

Tee boxes : Spiking and sanding of the ones which are in a proper condition, while re-doing the ones which are either in a poor condition, while leveling them during the fall and winter season. These latter ones will not be spiked due to their inferior root system and the risk to damage them more than to cure them.(especially those who are situated in the shadow parts of the course.

Fairways : Spiking and sanding of all or part of the fairways, while reseeding the ones where the grass has been severely affected (eg holes 8-13 & 14).

Bunkers : no specific program during this period.

Irrigation : Fine tuning of those zones which today pose us still some unidentified problems .

Joost Rieter