Speedcut Contractors have been busy with various golf projects during the
early summer.
In
one of their most hectic periods they have been installing drainage
and building bunkers and paths at golf clubs.
At
Lingfield Park Golf Club in Surrey, next to the racecourse, Speedcut
have removed two dangerous storm-damaged bridges and replaced
them with a new bridge deck incorporating foundations designed to
protect from erosion risk.
And
at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire Speedcut are continuing
construction of a private golf studio for a leading golf
professional.
Golf
work has been completed at
Silvermere Golf Club, near Chertsey in Surrey, where Speedcut have
been carrying out reshaping and reconstruction on bunkers from
holes one to six and hole 17 with the remainder scheduled
for improvement in the autumn.
Working
closely with the greenkeeping team, Speedcut have been carrying out a
full refurbishment of the driving range in readiness for the
opening of a new two-storey range building.
The
driving range, which will be ranked as one of the finest in the UK,
is being drained and regarded and is having an artificial target
green installed along with nine artificial bunkers, together with
lighting 'berms' (mounds to conceal lights).
"This
has been an incredibly busy time for us," says Barry. "As well as
golf course work we have been working on racecourses and football
pitches across the south."
Speedcut
also returned to Foxhills Golf Club and Resort in Surrey to improve
buggy paths and access, prior to the PGA Seniors tournament.
They previously carried out extensive work to tees and bunker
surrounds.
Canterbury
Golf Club, the Harry S. Colt-designed course - where architect James
Edwards is planning extensive renovation with Speedcut over a
five-to-six year period - has
had reshaping done on the first and second holes involving bunkers
and the approach to first green
And
at Abridge GC in Essex they have built a trial bunker using Astroturf
as the bunker liner for evaluation by the club – a
technique
that has proved highly successful and very competitive compared to
other options available.
Tees
have been built at Broke Hill GC, Addington Palace GC, Dulwich and
Sydenham GC, while a flooded bunker has been rebuilt at
Cobtree Manor GC.
Turfing
and seeding work has been completed at Piltdown Golf Club, East
Sussex, and the seven rebuilt greens opened for play in late
spring.
Dick
Franklin, managing director of Speedcut, says: "The summer weather
has given us impetus to take on varied projects and we have made very
good progress on all sporting fronts, as well as golf."
