Lynwood Golf Course – Dry Conditions
Lynwood Golf is located 50km north-west of Sydney. The 18-hole golf course is set on 230 acres taking advantage of many natural wetland features.
My team started trialling Swift Grow organic liquid fertilizer in October 2019 initially on our 4,000m2 of Santa Couch Driving Range Tees before branching out on to pour course Tees.
COURSE TEES
Our Tees were constructed using USGA Specification, using a pure sand profile. Our Tees have always struggled through the Summer months, which regularly exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
After the second Swift Grow application, being a week apart at the 2Lt/Ha rate, tees showed improvement in colour, vigour and Drought hardiness. Staff all commented on the healthy colour of the turf. Since using Swift grow on our Tee surfaces, we have no longer required applications of additional nutrition or soil wetters. With Swift Grow also being an organic product, it has reduced our course’s environmental footprint, which something I take a huge amount of pride in.
It’s my intention to now begin applications on my Putting Surface Surrounds and Fairways in the coming weeks, after our renovations to couch surfaces are carried out. I’m extremely confident that I will see similar results on these surfaces which in turn will see some substantial savings to my budget.
Dry Conditions
This summer has seen North West Sydney endure one of its worst droughts. Lynwood Country Club has only seen 40mm of rainfall in 6 months which has caused huge pressure on water usage. Water usage on tees has been cut by 40% with no ill effects to turf health. I attribute this drought tolerance to the Swift Grow product being applied this summer and is my main reason for increasing the use of Swift Grow onto my fairways in coming weeks.
Recommendations
From my experience using based on my trials of Swift Grow, I’m a very happy to recommend it to any other golf course, and would be glad to discuss via a phone call.
Regards,
Matt Bailey
Course Superintendent
29 January 2020
Lynwood Golf Course & Country Club
Mobile: +61 431 548433
baileym@chrg.com.au
https://www.lynwoodgolf.com.au/
