Change of careers leads to the home of golf for John Deere award winner
SRUC student Ben Matthews is the winner of this year’s HNC Golf Course Management Student of the Year Award, sponsored by John Deere and Scottish turf dealer Double A.
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A day in the life: John Rowbottom
The head greenkeeper at Woolley Park Golf Club in Yorkshire takes us through his average day.
Meet the head greenkeeper: Gordon Leslie
Profiling the head greenkeeper at Duff House Royal Golf Club in Aberdeenshire.
Slaley Hall turns to Otterbine for Matchroom Tour Championship
Slaley Hall Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort became an Otterbine customer ready for the Matchroom Tour Championship last October, with one of the brand’s most popular products on display.
The perfect Toro blade for the ultimate seasonal productivity
Toro not only makes precisely engineered blades to fit the cutting deck perfectly, but carefully crafts a blade type to better serve seasonal turf needs.
Wirral golf course could reopen as Woosnam gets involved
A Wirral golf course that closed in April could reopen after former world number one Ian Woosnam’s company – including his greenkeeping brother – agreed to help maintain it.
Littlehampton Golf Club enlarges bunkers
Due to a significant redevelopment of the golf course, Littlehampton GC has used Durabunker to enlarge its bunkers, which weren’t proportionate in size to the new topography.
Scotscraig GC future proofs with a Wiedenmann Mega Blower
A golf club with a 205-year-old history has bought a powerful Wiedenmann blower to save significantly on time and be ready for any adverse weather conditions.
Trilo S4 delivers multi-purpose performance for Richmond Golf Club
A Trilo S4 has proven its credentials as a multi-functional machine without compromise for the team at Richmond Golf Club.
Kubota best in all events
East of England Arena and Events Centre has chosen a Kubota M5112 tractor, RTV-X1110 utility vehicle and ZD1211 zero turn mower to update its fleet.
Centennial nine at Huntingdon Valley gets Capillary Bunkers
Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Philadelphia has installed the Capillary Bunkers liner on its Centennial nine.
Whittington Heath opens HS2 course
A golf club that had to be significantly redesigned because the HS2 railway line was planned to cut through it, has reopened.
It’s Headland C-Complex® all season long for Gog Magog Golf Club
The C-Complex® range from Headland Amenity is helping Gog Magog Golf Club ward off lush, leafy growth in favour of firm and fast surfaces – in keeping with the course’s downland surroundings.
Johnsons J Tee helps Wenvoe Castle GC overcome challenge of high wear
The unique blend of cultivars in Johnsons Sports Seeds J Tee mixture is delivering the combination of rapid establishment and high wear tolerance required at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.
Sussex venue hopes to convert par three course into housing
A golf venue has submitted plans to convert its par three course into housing.
Yorkshire venue to embark on £21 million expansion project
A golf club in Yorkshire has applied for planning permission to undertake a mammoth £21 million improvement project.
Norfolk golf club acquired by Formula One’s chef
Middleton Hall Golf Club has been acquired by a famous chef who worked with Formula One, and he will rename each hole on the course after an F1 champion.
Call for an investment in greenkeepers
The chief executive of the UK’s main greenkeepers’ association has issued a rallying cry for the game to reinvest in golf club staff who make the game possible.
Grass seed: ‘A stronger future’
As new diseases emerge in the UK, greater emphasis must be given to developing cultivars with improved all round disease tolerance and environmental stress recovery.
Golf club rejects plan to erect 5G mast on its course
A golf club in Grimsby has opted to not go ahead with a proposal to build a 5G phone mast on its course.
STRI appoints consultant agronomist
STRI Group has appointed Ben Morgan as consultant agronomist regionally based in York, also working out of the STRI’s Bingley headquarters.
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