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Company profile: TYM Tractors

Company profile: TYM Tractors Updated

🕔14:45, 18.May 2020

With TYM’s subcompact T194 and TS25 customers can expand their tractors’ to-do list to include mowing.

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‘It’s very frustrating’. Many Scottish golf courses want to reopen now

‘It’s very frustrating’. Many Scottish golf courses want to reopen now

🕔16:28, 17.May 2020

Scottish golf club employees from greenkeepers to PGA professionals, as well as golfers, are becoming increasingly frustrated that they cannot reopen while almost all other golf venues in the UK now have golf being played on them.

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Golf club hit by vandals just before it reopened

Golf club hit by vandals just before it reopened

🕔12:51, 17.May 2020

A Bournemouth golf club was attacked by vandals and arsonists, causing widespread damage, just days before it reopened after the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Several golf courses in Wales have already reopened

Several golf courses in Wales have already reopened

🕔22:55, 16.May 2020

Some golf clubs in Wales have already reopened and allowed golf to be played on them provided it is with only a maximum of one other golfer who they live with, according to reports.

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Six Scottish golf clubs could close ‘in the next two weeks’

Six Scottish golf clubs could close ‘in the next two weeks’

🕔17:59, 16.May 2020

Six golf clubs in South Lanarkshire are in danger of not reopening when golf in Scotland resumes as it is claimed that no greenkeepers have been working on them during the lockdown.

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Sustainability award for bunker-free golf club

Sustainability award for bunker-free golf club Updated

🕔08:02, 16.May 2020

Berkhamsted Golf Club has been recognised as one of the UK’s most sustainable and environmentally-responsible golf clubs by achieving GEO Certified® status.

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Product profile: The EVO 165D from GreenMech

Product profile: The EVO 165D from GreenMech Updated

🕔09:22, 15.May 2020

An EVO 165D from GreenMech has become the dominant machine on the arb fleet of Swansea-based Rooted Tree & Landscapes.

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‘The Notts County pitch has never been so clean’

‘The Notts County pitch has never been so clean’ Updated

🕔09:12, 14.May 2020

Since using the Dennis PRO 34R rotary mower, the pitch at Notts County FC’s Meadow Lane has never been so clean according to head groundsman Matthew Hallam.

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Why we took delivery of two INFINICUT® 34” FX mowers

Why we took delivery of two INFINICUT® 34” FX mowers Updated

🕔09:07, 13.May 2020

The Loughborough University Stadium is the jewel in the crown of the dedicated ‘football hub’ at the site’s Holywell Sports Complex.

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GreenMech strengthen dealer coverage in South Wales with Phoenix appointment

GreenMech strengthen dealer coverage in South Wales with Phoenix appointment

🕔06:58, 13.May 2020

Strengthening its representation in Wales, GreenMech has announced the appointment of leading plant and tool dealer, Phoenix Hire & Sales.

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Selby Golf Club delighted with its new Charterhouse Verti-Drain® 7416

Selby Golf Club delighted with its new Charterhouse Verti-Drain® 7416 Updated

🕔09:04, 12.May 2020

Course manager at Selby Golf Club, Chris Goodall, says the arrival of their new Charterhouse Verti-Drain® 7416 in November 2019 couldn’t have come at a better time.

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Golf course mower efficiency: An overview of leading products

Golf course mower efficiency: An overview of leading products Updated

🕔15:16, 11.May 2020

Three of the industry’s main suppliers of course machinery to golf clubs have been adapting their products so they are more efficient for greenkeepers.

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Golf courses in England can reopen from Wednesday, May 13

Golf courses in England can reopen from Wednesday, May 13

🕔08:41, 11.May 2020

Golf courses and tennis courts in England can reopen from Wednesday, May 13, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s address to the nation.

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Ireland issues five-phase plan for the reopening of golf clubs

Ireland issues five-phase plan for the reopening of golf clubs

🕔13:29, 10.May 2020

The governing golfing unions of Ireland have issued a five-phase plan for the resumption of golf which could see clubhouse restaurants and changing rooms reopening next month.

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Profile of a golf club during the lockdown: Longniddry

Profile of a golf club during the lockdown: Longniddry Updated

🕔09:27, 10.May 2020

Longniddry in East Lothian has furloughed staff, cancelled events, negotiated payment holidays for services and, thanks to course maintenance prioritising, is looking forward to the resumption of golf with some optimism.

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Meet the golf course manager: Gary Rowe

Meet the golf course manager: Gary Rowe Updated

🕔07:20, 10.May 2020

With all but two of the greenkeeping team furloughed during April, Gary Rowe, course manager at Banstead Downs Golf Club, details how the club has adapted to life against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, plus how the course drastically improved irrigation efficiency.

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‘Golf club of the decade’ manager is now a lockdown greenkeeper

‘Golf club of the decade’ manager is now a lockdown greenkeeper

🕔07:07, 10.May 2020

The manager of the club Wales Golf has named ‘Golf Club of the Decade’ has revealed that he is working as a greenkeeper at his club during the lockdown, because it has furloughed staff.

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Woodhall Spa chooses Toro again

Woodhall Spa chooses Toro again Updated

🕔09:00, 9.May 2020

It’s a relationship over two decades strong, therefore it’s no surprise that when it came to renewing its machinery fleet as it concluded what is widely recognised as the biggest in-house golf renovation project in the UK, that Woodhall Spa chose Toro again.

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Ventrac – It’s the greenkeeper’s Swiss army knife

Ventrac – It’s the greenkeeper’s Swiss army knife

🕔07:43, 9.May 2020

The course manager who owns a Ventrac 4500 compact tractor really does possess the industry’s equivalent of the Swiss army knife as this robust and deceptively powerful 24.9hp machine is so versatile.

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New Nutri-Link nutritional and bio-stimulant systems launched

New Nutri-Link nutritional and bio-stimulant systems launched Updated

🕔08:44, 8.May 2020

Rigby Taylor has announced the new Nutri-Link nutritional and bio-stimulant system for a wide range of turf surfaces, including sand-based constructions.

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A day in the life: John Cunningham

A day in the life: John Cunningham Updated

🕔07:03, 6.May 2020

The head greenkeeper at Isle of Skye Golf Club, the seaside nine-hole venue that’s the only one in the world to have its holes named in Gaelic, takes us through his average day.

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