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Bernhard Company launches online demonstrations

Bernhard Company launches online demonstrations Updated

🕔06:55, 3.Dec 2020

At a time when travel and face-to-face visits can prove difficult, Bernhard and Company has carefully planned some alternatives to visit customers or potential customers keen to hear more about Bernhard grinders.

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Eagle launches golf club diaries for 2021

Eagle launches golf club diaries for 2021 Updated

🕔06:26, 2.Dec 2020

It is that time of year for many clubs when the fixture and events diary will start to go into production.

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Reesink Turfcare named as new distributor of two new irrigation 2-wire controllers

Reesink Turfcare named as new distributor of two new irrigation 2-wire controllers Updated

🕔07:02, 1.Dec 2020

Reesink Turfcare is the new and exclusive distributor of two new irrigation 2-wire controllers, the SRC Ranger 4000 D and the SRC Grower 6000 D.

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Saunton Golf Club invests in Ventrac compact tractor

Saunton Golf Club invests in Ventrac compact tractor Updated

🕔13:39, 30.Nov 2020

Saunton Golf Club, situated south of Woolacombe on the coast of north Devon, is the latest golfing venue to purchase a Ventrac 4500 all-terrain compact tractor and a selection of attachments.

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Iconic US course reverts greens back to original size

Iconic US course reverts greens back to original size Updated

🕔06:43, 29.Nov 2020

PGA WEST, one of the USA’s most iconic golf venues, has restored the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course greens back to their originally designed size.

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A day in the life: Richard Ponsford

A day in the life: Richard Ponsford Updated

🕔07:26, 28.Nov 2020

The course manager at Clevedon Golf Club, a Somerset venue that celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2016, takes us through his average day.

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Happy retirement Gordon!

Happy retirement Gordon! Updated

🕔07:33, 27.Nov 2020

Gordon Brammah, course manager at Hallamshire Golf Club, is retiring after an incredible 38 years at the venue. John Murphy reports.

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AgriMetal signs up with new UK distributor

AgriMetal signs up with new UK distributor Updated

🕔07:41, 26.Nov 2020

Reesink is the new distributor for AgriMetal blowers and collectors in the UK.

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Advice and support secures the switch to Johnsons Sports Seed for Clevedon GC

Advice and support secures the switch to Johnsons Sports Seed for Clevedon GC Updated

🕔07:02, 25.Nov 2020

Backed with advice from two trusted industry contacts Richard Ponsford, course manager at Clevedon Golf Club, has been delighted with his switch to Johnsons Sports Seed.

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The FairWays Foundation completes inaugural grant cycle

The FairWays Foundation completes inaugural grant cycle Updated

🕔07:07, 24.Nov 2020

After Aquatrols founded The FairWays Foundation in January 2019, the global not-for-profit has completed its first grant cycle this summer, with successful grant announcements having now taken place.

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Used Toro machinery network launched in the UK

Used Toro machinery network launched in the UK Updated

🕔07:37, 22.Nov 2020

Reesink Turfcare has created an online nationwide network providing access to the best used Toro machinery available in the UK.

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Meet the course manager: Ian Beech

Meet the course manager: Ian Beech Updated

🕔06:32, 21.Nov 2020

Ian works at Newcastle-under-Lyme Golf Club. Here he talks about his career, the challenge of managing a course during Covid-19 and why he is investing in all-electric course machinery.

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‘Dismiss your greenkeepers at your peril’

‘Dismiss your greenkeepers at your peril’ Updated

🕔07:03, 20.Nov 2020

Agronomist Noel MacKenzie says that the venues that continue to invest in senior staff, particularly general managers and head greenkeepers, are the ones best placed to thrive in 2021 and beyond.

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Meet the head greenkeeper: Kevan Glass

Meet the head greenkeeper: Kevan Glass

🕔12:55, 18.Nov 2020

The head greenkeeper at Brokenhurst Manor GC talks about course maintenance.

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Rigby Taylor introduces first 4 cultivar tetraploid perennial ryegrass blend

Rigby Taylor introduces first 4 cultivar tetraploid perennial ryegrass blend Updated

🕔07:03, 18.Nov 2020

Containing specially penetrating surfactants, micro-nutrients, mycorrhizae and trichoderma viride, Rigby Taylor’s first four cultivar tetraploid perennial ryegrass blend protects turf diseases in their early stages.

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Hybrid mowers prove their worth

Hybrid mowers prove their worth Updated

🕔07:05, 17.Nov 2020

Founded in 1889, Royal County Down is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland and features two 18-hole links, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links.

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‘We are so sad to think people could do this’

‘We are so sad to think people could do this’ Updated

🕔07:43, 15.Nov 2020

A historic golf club that has said it will close down next year has had vandals tear up its course.

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The role of calcium in both soil structure and plant nutrition

The role of calcium in both soil structure and plant nutrition

🕔15:50, 13.Nov 2020

The role calcium plays in sports turf management is vital – in particular the form that is supplied, explains Michael Fance, European Technical Manager for Aquatrols.

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Arthur Harrison passes away, aged 88

Arthur Harrison passes away, aged 88 Updated

🕔07:11, 13.Nov 2020

Former SISIS sales director Arthur Harrison has sadly passed away, aged 88.

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Improvements for West Herts GC following Toro irrigation installation

Improvements for West Herts GC following Toro irrigation installation Updated

🕔07:03, 12.Nov 2020

There’s a veritable roll call of improvements for West Herts Golf Club after the installation of a new Toro irrigation system in the winter of 2019.

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Rigby Taylor introduces new cultivar to treat dollar spot

Rigby Taylor introduces new cultivar to treat dollar spot Updated

🕔07:13, 11.Nov 2020

Rigby Taylor has introduced a new 100 percent creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera) mixture called Flagstick for the superior control of dollar spot.

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