Ben Kebby is the Course Manager at Temple Golf Club. Ben and his team's goal is to maintain and present the golf course in as pristine a condition as possible for as much of the year as possible subject to the climate and weather conditions. Part of Ben's philosophy is to keep the membership informed of all greenkeeping activities on the course and he will regularly update this page with information on work in progress and planned tasks.
On the course
What a year it has been! 2019 ended with 3 months of rain and unseasonably high temperatures causing some of the highest disease pressure I have ...
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Wow how time flies, it has been two months since my last post and what a busy two months we have had. For the last month it has been wet and warm ...
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All is very well on the course, the aeration of just over two weeks ago went extremely well. The Greens received a double aeration of 12mm hollow ...
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Another fantastic Summer is hitting the UK, which has seen the highest ever recorded temperature of 37 C, is this a sign of what is to come, will ...
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What a different month we have had since the last post. The last week of May was beautiful and then the rain came and it has been almost torrent...
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Another glorious month of weather, albeit a little cold at night. Night time temperatures are staying a little low for full growth meaning ...
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What a strange year we are having already with respect to the weather, A very wet mild end to the winter throughout February and then straight into ...
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Christmas is here but perhaps it does not feel as Christmassy as one would hope. The work continues on the course with the 3rd bunker repair being ...
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Wow, how time fly's when one is busy. October and November have now come and gone and there has been a huge amount of work achieved on the course ...
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Well, what a Summer we have had, officially the hottest and driest on record, and it has shown on the course. Whilst it has been fantastic golfing ...
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Well, what a month we have had. Absolutely no rain has been recorded in our rain gauge for more than 6 weeks now and in reality perhaps more like 8 ...
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Well time really has flown by this past month, it doesn't feel 6 weeks since my last post. A lot has happened in 6 weeks, the weather has decided ...
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- Finally spring has arrived, but perhaps it has left us once again, because as I type this we are experiencing low temperatures and heavy ...
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Well what can I say, I don't think I have experienced a start to spring like this one, not two weeks ago we have 3" of snow on the ground and now ...
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What a difficult month we have had, the weather has ranged from -10 degrees to 4 inches of snow, to +50 mm of rainfall and back up to +12 degrees ...
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What a fantastic two weeks we have had, a true two weeks of winter with biting cold and hard dry frosts. This cold snap has allowed us to scarify ...
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We have been experiencing some heavy rain, high winds and lowering temperatures, so a normal British winter. The course has been performing ...
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Good morning and a very Happy New Year to all. I hope you have had a fantastic Christmas period and are now raring to get back out on the course ...
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Doesn't time fly, I did not realise it had been 6 weeks already since our last blog post, the course has indeed kept us busy!
We have much ...
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Firstly, I have to mention the relentless rainfall we have, and are currently experiencing, this weather really in unprecedented and calling upon ...
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