Scorecard
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COURSE
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The course turf is a mixture between parkland and moorland in texture.
Windyhill is an 18-hole course measuring 6154 yards in length with a Par of 71 from the White Tees.
Four testing Par 3’s, 3 Par 5’s combined with a series of daunting Par 4’s makes Windyhill a challenging test of golf for golfers of all abilities.
There are a number of holes on the course which could be considered to be the signature hole. Most notibly the choice is from either the 7th, the 9th, the 12th or the 14th.
As golfers, we all appreciate the presentation and condition of the courses on which we play, but do we know much about what goes on in the background to keep our Course’s in tip-top condition?
Here’s a few facts and figures provided by our Greenkeeping Staff about what it takes to keep Windyhill Golf Course, in the condition which we are proud of.
- The shopping list of goods to help care for the greens in a year includes:
80 tons of top dressing sand,
2250 kg of assorted fertilisers,
225 kg of seed and
320 litres of liquid fertilisers and soil conditioners.
- On the course holes are changed over 100 times a year.
- The greens’ mower works for an average of 350 hours per year, cutting one hectare every day.
- Fairways cover 11 hectares and are cut about 60 times/ Year, which takes approximately 600 Man-hours.
- Tees cover about 0.5 hectares and are cut about 50 times/Year, which takes approximately 300 Man-hours.
- Approaches are about 1 hectare in size and are cut about 50 times/Year, which takes approximately 150 hours Man-hours.
- Semi-rough is about 30 hectares and is cut between 25 and 30 times/Year. It takes approximately 16 hours a week to cut.
- Approximately 7500 litres of red diesel is required to run all the mowers for a Year.
- If one man were to hand cut all 22 greens at Windyhill, it would be the equivalent of walking 12 miles, inclusive of the walk between the Greens.
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