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Euroflor Flower Seed transforms Worth Park

Euroflor Flower Seed transforms Worth Park

🕔09:50, 20.Nov 2024

In 2022, Euroflor Flower Seed from Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) transformed three meadow areas within Worth Park as part of a wider conservation project underway by Crawley Borough Council.

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Reesink catches up with pandemic supply issues

Reesink catches up with pandemic supply issues

🕔09:48, 19.Nov 2024

Reesink Turfcare, UK distributor of Toro turf machinery, has revealed that, following post-pandemic supply issues, more than 95% of its popular Toro models are now in stock and available for immediate delivery.

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SCHLOSS Roxburghe acquires GKB machines

SCHLOSS Roxburghe acquires GKB machines

🕔09:40, 18.Nov 2024

A trio of GKB Machines have been installed at SCHLOSS Roxburghe Championship Golf Course, as part of major ongoing investment into the club and wider estate.

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Royal Cromer expands fleet with Toro and Reesink Turfcare

Royal Cromer expands fleet with Toro and Reesink Turfcare

🕔09:47, 17.Nov 2024

Royal Cromer has again shown its commitment to sustainability with the help of Toro and Reesink Turfcare, expanding its fleet with three new Toro eTriFlex 3370 electric mowers and an upgraded Toro irrigation system.

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Smithco bunker rakes deliver impeccably groomed sand

Smithco bunker rakes deliver impeccably groomed sand

🕔09:45, 16.Nov 2024

Engineered for precision and ease, Smithco bunker rakes deliver impeccably groomed sand, enhancing the aesthetic and playability of golf courses. As such, they are ideal for bunker remodelling tasks.

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Aldwickbury Park begins bunker renovation project

Aldwickbury Park begins bunker renovation project

🕔09:43, 15.Nov 2024

Designed by former Ryder Cup player, Ken Brown, Aldwickbury Park GC recently began a phased bunker renovation project using a combination of Durabunker’s Synthetic Bunker Edging and Capillary Flow Liner.

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Newmarket Racecourse happy with Progressive TDR-22/6

Newmarket Racecourse happy with Progressive TDR-22/6

🕔09:39, 14.Nov 2024

Ticking the boxes for build quality and ease of use is a Progressive TDR-22/6 tri-deck for the team at Newmarket Racecourse.

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Avant launches new products

Avant launches new products

🕔09:10, 13.Nov 2024

The new Avant 855i and Avant 845 models have entered production.

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Sittingbourne & Milton Regis praises Ventrac / Price Turfcare

Sittingbourne & Milton Regis praises Ventrac / Price Turfcare

🕔10:06, 12.Nov 2024

Sittingbourne & Milton Regis surprised its head greenkeeper Paul Best last December, when he found he was the recipient of a brand new Ventrac all-terrain compact tractor and several attachments.

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Meldrum House praises Redexim for aeration

Meldrum House praises Redexim for aeration

🕔10:04, 11.Nov 2024

Meldrum House has become the latest golf course in a rapidly growing list to praise the versatility and effective aeration delivered by a Carrier and Verti-Drain® 1513 from Redexim.

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Turfco helps with end of season course renovations

Turfco helps with end of season course renovations

🕔15:48, 10.Nov 2024

Turfco’s product offering is ideal for end of season course renovations.  

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“It is amazing having this green space on your doorstep”

“It is amazing having this green space on your doorstep”

🕔10:08, 9.Nov 2024

Here, we take a look behind the scenes of a typical day for James Bledge, links manager at one of the most prestigious links golf clubs in the world, Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake), where he lives.

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More than 8,000 visitors for GroundsFest

More than 8,000 visitors for GroundsFest

🕔10:05, 8.Nov 2024

The second edition of GroundsFest, held in September at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, saw 8,014 visitors across the two days.

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‘9% of bunkers are superfluous to gameplay’

‘9% of bunkers are superfluous to gameplay’

🕔10:04, 7.Nov 2024

A survey of 32 golf venues has found that the average course spends more than £40,000 per year on bunker maintenance and nearly one in ten of its bunkers are not necessary.

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Club thanks neighbouring venue for support after fire

Club thanks neighbouring venue for support after fire

🕔11:08, 6.Nov 2024

A golf club that was fully operational just days after it was hit by a large fire has thanked a neighbouring club for loaning it course machinery after its equipment had been destroyed in the blaze.

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Reesink and ICL appoint former greenkeepers

Reesink and ICL appoint former greenkeepers

🕔08:58, 5.Nov 2024

Nick Gardener and Thomas Tomlinson have both got new jobs.

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“Greenkeeping is the perfect job and I love it”

“Greenkeeping is the perfect job and I love it”

🕔09:39, 4.Nov 2024

As head greenkeeper at Lutterworth GC, Paul Kendall talks about working around the weather, recovering from a devastating arson attack on the club and why getting back to basics is the secret to consistent greens.

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John Deere introduces the Z370R Electric ZTrak mower

John Deere introduces the Z370R Electric ZTrak mower

🕔10:08, 3.Nov 2024

John Deere has introduced the Z370R Electric ZTrak mower to European markets.

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Machrihanish Dunes to build second course

Machrihanish Dunes to build second course

🕔12:18, 2.Nov 2024

A US company that develops and manages golf clubs around the world has unveiled plans for a significant resort expansion to The Village at Machrihanish Dunes in Scotland, including a new 18-hole golf course.

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Cowdray Estate enjoyed successful summer as greenkeeper-built project proved its worth

Cowdray Estate enjoyed successful summer as greenkeeper-built project proved its worth

🕔09:17, 1.Nov 2024

“We’ve been lucky to be a part of this period of time in the history of Cowdray and we genuinely think it is for the betterment of the future of the golf course.”

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Jayne Leyland inducted into GMA’s ‘Hall of Fame’

Jayne Leyland inducted into GMA’s ‘Hall of Fame’

🕔10:38, 31.Oct 2024

Jayne Leyland, portfolio director at Origin Amenity Solutions, has been inducted into the Grounds Management Association’s (GMA) Hall of Fame.

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