Golspie Golf Club tees up restoration works after major storm damage
A Scottish golf course that was famously hit by storm damage in 2012 and 2014, has been hit again, and is currently carrying out a clean-up operation.
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Greenkeeping team praised for repair job
A golf course in the West Midlands has been vandalised after a car drove onto the venue and damaged a green and a fairway – but the greenkeeping team had the green back in play later the same morning.
Two Scottish golf courses are saved
Two municipal Scottish golf courses that were told they would be closed down at the end of September have both been rescued.
Malden Golf Club expands its fleet
At Malden Golf Club in London, course manager Josh Thorley is always looking for ways to be more environmentally-friendly. Hence, the purchase of an all-electric Toro Greensmaster eTriFlex 3370.
West Lancashire Council uses OAS to brighten up area
West Lancashire Council wanted to provide pollinators with natural habitat. It decided to trial Euroflor flower seed from Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) on one of the major routes into the town of Skelmersdale.
£200k of equipment for Phoenix Sports and Leisure Club
Phoenix Sports and Leisure Club has secured a huge £200,000 worth of new Toro equipment in the club’s first ever lease deal with local dealer Cheshire Turf Machinery.
Golf course proposed for former mine in Fife
A former colliery in Fife could be turned into a golf resort featuring a hotel, holiday park and housing.
Greenkeepers use 29% less water than they did in 2005
A United States Golf Association (USGA) funded survey has found that greenkeeping has become much more efficient in the last 20 years.
“We both still get a big satisfaction from the job”
Paul McCanny, director of golf, and Fintan Brennan, superintendent at Portmarnock Resort in Ireland, discuss how they maintain one of the best golf venues in the country and how they’ve made it more sustainable.
The Club Company carries out renovations with John Greasley
The Club Company, which owns 15 country clubs in the UK, has carried out major renovation works at nine of them recently, with contractor John Greasley playing a major role in each one.
How technology is revolutionizing greenkeeping in Europe
There is an ongoing technological revolution quietly transforming Europe’s golf courses and green spaces.
Reesink win aftermarket award
Reesink’s purchasing, sales processing, service and training team have won Toro’s International Aftermarket Achievement Award for 2022.
Marco Simone’s course lined with Capillary Bunkers
Last month’s Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club outside the Italian capital, Rome, was again played on a course whose bunkers had been lined with the Capillary Bunkers system.
Wellow Golf Club uses Suståne
A year-round programme from Suståne® Natural Fertilizers has been effectively managing moisture and turf stresses to keep the 27-hole course at Wellow Golf Club disease-free.
Chipping Sodbury head greenkeeper to lead BIGGA
The head greenkeeper at Chipping Sodbury Golf Club in Gloucestershire has been appointed vice president of greenkeeping association BIGGA.
“Are you digging for gold?”
Chris Browett from The Richmond Golf Club talks to irrigation expert John Kidson about his work, maintaining the irrigation system at the club and what golfers often ask what he’s really doing.
A day in the life: Lee Payne
The course manager at Wellow Golf Club in Hampshire, a course that is set in parkland surrounding the former home of Florence Nightingale, takes us through his average day.
A look at the SP300 Sandspreader from GKB Machines
Productivity and efficiency from topdressing operations has more than doubled for the team at Cutting Edge Grounds Maintenance following their purchase of a SP300 Sandspreader from GKB Machines.
Norwich City FC purchase three rotary mowers
They say that good things tend to come in threes, which is certainly the case for Norwich City FC following the recent addition of a third INFINICUT® SM34 rotary mower to the fleet at Carrow Road.
Kilspindie Golf Club acquires Reelmaster 3550-D thanks to Reesink ReeOwn
Kilspindie Golf Club has its hands on a new used Reelmaster 3550-D as part of Reesink’s ReeOwn scheme that refurbishes and rehomes preloved Toro equipment.
Kilmarnock (Barassie) appoints seventh course manager
Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club in Ayrshire has appointed its seventh course manager since it was established in 1887.
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