This is how Spey Valley dealt with moss and thatch issues on its golf course

This is how Spey Valley dealt with moss and thatch issues on its golf course Updated

🕔05:55, 31.Mar 2017

Spey Valley Golf & Country Club may have been voted the most picturesque course in the UK, but for head greenkeeper Dave Beardwood it has its drawbacks. At 400 feet above sea level, and set in the heart of the

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Support team for BMW PGA Championship revealed

Support team for BMW PGA Championship revealed Updated

🕔06:34, 28.Mar 2017

A support team of members of the British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) will be heading to The Wentworth Club this May to help prepare the course for the BMW PGA Championship. The greenkeepers will be on hand to

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‘Marked increase in golf courses requesting aeration service’

‘Marked increase in golf courses requesting aeration service’ Updated

🕔05:19, 27.Mar 2017

Terrain Aeration has been receiving a marked increase in the number of golf courses requesting its specialist soil compaction and aeration service. Normal aeration on fairways such as Verti-draining is a fast, short term solution but for many courses recent

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Seed coat ProNitro shortlisted for sport innovation award

Seed coat ProNitro shortlisted for sport innovation award Updated

🕔06:12, 25.Mar 2017

DLF Seed’s newest nitrogen seed coat technology, ProNitro, has been shortlisted for the “Innovatieprijs Sportaccommodaties” or “Sports Innovation Prize” for 2017. The award, presented for the first time this year, is intended to stimulate a focus on innovation and the

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260 delegates attend groundsmen seminar

260 delegates attend groundsmen seminar Updated

🕔04:50, 24.Mar 2017

The recent Dennis and SISIS Cricket Groundsman’s Seminar recorded its highest ever attendance with an impressive 260 delegates making their way to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club all looking to refresh and enhance their education on a variety of topics. The

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Apex turf fertilisers given major ‘make-over’

Apex turf fertilisers given major ‘make-over’ Updated

🕔05:07, 23.Mar 2017

Rigby Taylor, the company at the forefront of supplying innovative products for the successful management and maintenance of turf surfaces, has given its Apex turf fertilisers a major ‘make-over’ resulting in a range of high-organic content fertilisers with low salt

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Pistol herbicide now supplied with low drift nozzles

Pistol herbicide now supplied with low drift nozzles Updated

🕔23:51, 22.Mar 2017

All bottles of the barrier acting, total herbicide, Pistol® from Bayer, are now supplied with two low drift sprayer nozzles and a stewardship checklist attached. The addition of the low drift nozzles forms part of the new authorisation for Pistol®

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Greenkeeping charity saw client numbers double in 2016

Greenkeeping charity saw client numbers double in 2016 Updated

🕔06:44, 21.Mar 2017

A charity that offers help to greenkeepers who are struggling with financial issues has said it saw an almost 100 percent increase in the use of its ‘advice only’ service in 2016. Perennial, which provides support and information to people

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Holywood installs revetted bunkers

Holywood installs revetted bunkers Updated

🕔04:29, 19.Mar 2017

Working closely with Swan Golf Designs, EcoBunker has recently installed three revetted bunkers in front of the 9th green, as part of a complete re-model of the green complex at Holywood Golf Club in Northern Ireland. The club, famously known

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Napa Valley Country Club wins ClearWater prize

Napa Valley Country Club wins ClearWater prize Updated

🕔22:46, 18.Mar 2017

Highspeed Group, buoyed by the success of its ClearWater prize draw at BTME 2017 in the UK, ran the same prize draw at the Golf Industry Show in Orlando USA this year. Managing director, David Mears, said: “ClearWater is the

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DLF releases its mixture guide for 2017

DLF releases its mixture guide for 2017 Updated

🕔04:15, 17.Mar 2017

DLF’s Johnsons Sports Seed has released its 2017 mixture guide. Whilst no new cultivars have been introduced for 2017, a number of the key mixtures dedicated for sports turf have been reformulated to further enhance performance. All these mixtures have

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John Deere partners with the PGA of America

John Deere partners with the PGA of America Updated

🕔23:23, 16.Mar 2017

John Deere has been named the ‘Official Golf Course Turf Equipment Provider’ to the PGA of America. The wide-ranging five-year agreement includes support of the PGA Championship, KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. John Deere will

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Dudsbury Golf Club switches from liquid to granular fertilisers

Dudsbury Golf Club switches from liquid to granular fertilisers Updated

🕔05:29, 15.Mar 2017

Warren Moss, course manager at Dudsbury Golf Club in Bournemouth, believes that his greens are reaping the rewards following a switch from liquid fertilisers to ICL’s SierraformGT and Greenmaster Pro-Lite granular fertilisers. “I wasn’t happy with the way our previous

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‘Maintaining healthy rhizosphere conditions is key after warm winter’

‘Maintaining healthy rhizosphere conditions is key after warm winter’ Updated

🕔23:39, 14.Mar 2017

With this year’s wet and warm winter weather creating the perfect conditions for turf diseases such as fusarium, snow mould and anthracnose to thrive, maintaining healthy rhizosphere conditions is the first step in preventing infections from detracting from turf performance

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Woodchipping scheme raises £6k for care charity

Woodchipping scheme raises £6k for care charity Updated

🕔05:41, 13.Mar 2017

A Christmas tree ‘chipping’ scheme raised over £6K for a worthy cause, helped by a GreenMech QuadChip 160. Dorothy House, a charity providing care and support to people with life-limiting illnesses, recently teamed up with horticultural students from Wiltshire College

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Record number of exhibitors rebook for SALTEX 2017

Record number of exhibitors rebook for SALTEX 2017 Updated

🕔22:29, 12.Mar 2017

The organisers of SALTEX 2016, have reported that a record number of exhibitors have already rebooked for the 2017 event. SALTEX accumulated more than 50 additional exhibitors during the loyalty re-booking period in January 2017, compared with the same month

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Trilo to hold demonstration day on April 5

Trilo to hold demonstration day on April 5 Updated

🕔06:14, 11.Mar 2017

Hot on the heels of Ernest Doe being selected as a main distributor for Trilo products in the UK, they intend to hold a field demo day. A ‘free to attend’ event is scheduled for Wednesday 5th April 2017 at

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Ransomes Jacobsen celebrates 185 years of mower manufacturing

Ransomes Jacobsen celebrates 185 years of mower manufacturing Updated

🕔05:58, 10.Mar 2017

The year 2017 sees a major milestone in the groundscare industry with Ransomes Jacobsen celebrating its 185th anniversary of mower production at Ipswich. Edwin Budding’s historic lawnmower design was patented in 1830, and JR & A Ransome was the first

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Redditch Golf Club uses nutritional programme to improve its greens

Redditch Golf Club uses nutritional programme to improve its greens Updated

🕔05:39, 8.Mar 2017

Redditch Golf Club greens are now delivering consistent play thanks to advice, and a nutritional programme, from Headland Amenity. Its 18-hole parkland course, and six hole short course with driving range, is currently home to 600+ members. The club celebrated

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Golf club appoints first-ever course manager

Golf club appoints first-ever course manager Updated

🕔11:41, 6.Mar 2017

Burghley Park Golf Club in Peterborough has appointed its first-ever course manager after its head greenkeeper retired, following 36 years at the club. Paul Mills, who is an R&A scholar and has helped prepare courses for tournaments all over the

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Rigby Taylor introduces 8 new grass seed mixtures

Rigby Taylor introduces 8 new grass seed mixtures Updated

🕔05:50, 4.Mar 2017

Rigby Taylor has introduced eight new grass seed mixtures featuring tetraploid technology ryegrasses, all with Germin-8 liquid seed treatment. The company, which is at the forefront of supplying innovative products for the successful management and maintenance of turf surfaces, says

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