Pictured on a dry spring day, the 12th at East Cork Golf Club. Pic: Niall O’Shea
The recent wet weather has not been kind to Cork golf courses, with many closed at different times over the past two weeks. While Midleton and Glanmire were in the news, the heavy rain also had a devastating impact on East Cork Golf Club. Close to 30 centimetres of rain fell on the course, and when feeder streams to the Owenacurra burst its banks a large part of the course was underwater.
Head greenkeeper Alex Newenham explained the impact of the heavy rain on the course. “The day of Storm Babet saw the two rivers that border it burst their banks. Our 12th fairway and 13th and 15th fairways Continue reading
Alex Newenham embarked on the dream greenkeeping assignment recently when he travelled to Florida for the Players Championship at Sawgrass. Alex attend the PGA Tour event as one of seven representatives from Britain and Ireland, and it was the trip of a lifetime for the Douglas greenkeeper; “Needless to say the whole experience from start to finish was incredible and without wanting to use every cliche going that we hear so much on the X-Factor it was life giving and changing. I found it a worthwhile experience – professionally and personally.” The 12 day trip was a working holiday, with the team of visiting greenkeepers working as part of the 70 plus team on duty, and Alex described the schedule: “The working day was hard, not because of the actual work itself because there is such a team environment that others keep you going when you’re struggling, but because of the length of it and in my case the 
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