Did you know that there is software, designed specifically for greenkeepers, that converts data on a range of topics from machinery maintenance to budget control, so that all sorts of job functions, including daily task planning, is made far easier, that you can sign up to?
The disrespect some members of the public have shown towards both golf courses and guidance to stay at home during the lockdown has plummeted to a new level as one venue has revealed it found two people in a bunker having sex with each other.
Ever-tightening controls on pesticides and chemical usage means mowing now has to be much more than simply cutting the grass – it has to be effective in turf conditioning itself. Here leading manufacturers highlight the equipment that’s aimed at maximising plant health.
After five years of mower usage, repair costs soar while the value of the machines slump. So don’t repair machinery after five years; the money saved can fund the leasing of brand new mowers, explains Ian Henderson.
He has one of the greatest jobs in greenkeeping and talks about recent projects at the club, how the venue recovered after the 2018 drought and the benefits of being a green greenkeeper.
A golf club manager has warned that his venue will have to introduce a phased return of tee times when the course reopens because it won’t be ready for heavy golfing traffic.
The UK’s culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, has responded to a question specifically about golf and said he is looking at data on whether golf courses can reopen in the first wave of the easing of lockdown restrictions.
A light, foldable rake that can be carried in every golfer’s bag has been produced to ensure that bunkers can be raked by golfers, without the risk of spreading coronavirus, when golf resumes.
At least two closed and empty English golf clubs have been taken over by sheep during the coronavirus lockdown – where the ruminants have been taking on the grass cutting duties normally reserved for the currently furloughed greenkeepers.
Golf courses around the world, including now even in New York – the city with the highest coronavirus death toll so far – are reopening in a sign that golf is globally being seen as an allowable activity if any pandemic lockdown restrictions are lifted.
Almost every golf course in the UK was severely affected by the drought of 2018. Stella Rixon looks at why some courses – even those with drought-resistant species – suffered more grass cover loss than others.
The Proflex is a popular mower for so many due to the independent floating decks.
Fresh off the success of the 2019 Open Championship it hosted, Royal Portrush has signed another five-year agreement with Toro, bringing the relationship between the historic club and the brand to 30 years.
Described as reliable, robust and efficient, the GKB Sandfiller exceeds expectations for Marc Kerr Limited.
As the only golf course on the island, head greenkeeper John Cunningham works hard to keep the surfaces at the Isle of Skye Golf Club in first-class condition.
A Scottish golf club has stated that, in spite of the financial troubles the golf industry faces due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will donate a staggering 50 per cent of its online bookings for 2021 to the NHS to show its gratitude for its staff’s care throughout the crisis.
The removal of Carbendazim from the groundcare market meant that St Albans School needed an alternative solution to combating worm casts and they found what they were looking for in the SISIS Quadraplay.
Germinal has introduced a new seed mixture to its Grade ‘A’ portfolio of golf-specific grass blends: containing two top-performing perennial ryegrasses and a high-ranking creeping bentgrass, A8 Ultrafine Ryegreens is the perfect ‘rescue’ mixture for the eradication of early season scarring.
Several golf clubs have said they are appalled at the mess – and in some cases expensive damage – that members of the public have created by using their venues during the coronavirus lockdown.
One of the world’s leading tropical medicine scientists has singled out golf as a game that can be played safely provided guidance is issued and rules are followed, leading to calls that golf courses currently closed due to the lockdown should be allowed to reopen.
The manager of a Welsh golf club has hailed the “marvellous gesture” of a relatively new member who has bought an annual subscription for his five-month-old son so that the club can stay in business as it faces a “battle for survival” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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