Lynwood Golf Course – Water Usage

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 4000m2 of Santa Couch Driving Range Tees before branching out on to pour course Tees.

Water Usage

Since using Swift Grow I’ve achieved a water usage reduction of roughly 40%. In the Summer of 2019/2020, my golf course was under strict water usage limitations. We had to look at new strategies to ensure a high-quality surface was achieved without exceeding our water license.

Swift Grow was applied at 2Lt/Ha fortnightly and within 2 weeks of the 2nd application the plant began to look healthier. Due to strength of the plant our irrigation frequency was dropped from 4 cycles a week to just 2, with isolated hand watering carried out when required. During this period, we actually saw improvement in our surfaces despite no rainfall for nearly 6 months and reducing our water usage by nearly half.

These incredible results have given me the confidence to implement a soil health program on our 20 hectares of fairways, applying swift grow using our injection system that runs through our irrigation programs.

Recommendations

From my experiences using Swift Grow I would recommend Swift Grow to anyone looking to improve plant health whilst reducing water usage. If you would like to discuss further please do not hesitate to call or email me.

Regards,
Matt Bailey
Course Superintendent
24th October 2020.

Lynwood Golf Course & Country Club
Mobile: +61 431 548433
baileym@chrg.com.au
https://www.lynwoodgolf.com.au/