Club given immediate COVID-19 lifeline of £25,000 as more is being made available; Club gives free membership to NHS staff; Footballer ‘to pay golf club’s staff wages’; COVID-19 latest

Club given immediate COVID-19 lifeline of £25,000 as more is being made available; Club gives free membership to NHS staff; Footballer ‘to pay golf club’s staff wages’; COVID-19 latest

🕔10:32, 5.Apr 2020

A golf club has already received £25,000 of coronavirus funding from the Scottish government – money that has ‘secured its future’.

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Here’s some amazing stories emanating from golf clubs during COVID-19

Here’s some amazing stories emanating from golf clubs during COVID-19

🕔09:29, 5.Apr 2020

From a golf club that’s inspiring the industry to raise money for the NHS to ones that have been distributing food, the coronavirus has brought out the best in many golf clubs.

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Otterbine service resumed at Northamptonshire County Golf Club

Otterbine service resumed at Northamptonshire County Golf Club

🕔11:10, 4.Apr 2020

Otterbine has been chosen again by Northamptonshire County Golf Club to maintain its irrigation reservoir.

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Efficient Groundsmaster 5900-D headlines first Toro fleet  for Cotswold Hills Golf Club

Efficient Groundsmaster 5900-D headlines first Toro fleet for Cotswold Hills Golf Club Updated

🕔07:32, 2.Apr 2020

When it comes to course machinery, time is money, and as such efficient machines are a must have. Which is exactly the reason Cotswold Hills opted for the Groundsmaster 5900-D in its first Toro fleet deal.

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Reliable Dennis G860 is essential at Colliers Park

Reliable Dennis G860 is essential at Colliers Park Updated

🕔19:50, 31.Mar 2020

The Dennis G860 cylinder mower is the most reliable cylinder mower on the market according to Dylan Thompson, grounds maintenance manager, at the all-new Colliers Park in Gresford, Wales.

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Greenkeepers can mow greens a maximum of three times per week

Greenkeepers can mow greens a maximum of three times per week

🕔14:55, 29.Mar 2020

The R&A and greenkeeping association BIGGA have issued guidance to golf clubs about what their greenkeepers should do during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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‘All UK golf courses must now close’

‘All UK golf courses must now close’

🕔13:17, 29.Mar 2020

England Golf, Scottish Golf and Wales Golf have all issued statements saying that their affiliated clubs must close with immediate effect and that golfers should stay at home.

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Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards postponed until 2021

Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards postponed until 2021

🕔06:52, 29.Mar 2020

The 2020 Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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England Golf and Scottish Golf: Greenkeepers can still attend work

England Golf and Scottish Golf: Greenkeepers can still attend work

🕔23:46, 28.Mar 2020

England Golf and Scottish Golf have both issued guidance stating that golf course greenkeepers can still attend work during the UK lockdown due to coronavirus.

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SALTEX received more than 9,100 visitors in 2019

SALTEX received more than 9,100 visitors in 2019

🕔11:06, 28.Mar 2020

Findings from the SALTEX 2019 post-show survey have revealed another year of record-breaking attendance.

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Jill Hewitt returns as CEO of the NAAC

Jill Hewitt returns as CEO of the NAAC

🕔08:31, 28.Mar 2020

Jill Hewitt has been appointed to CEO of the National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC), following the retirement of Duncan Russell.

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Prestigious preparatory school invests in a GKB Rotobrush

Prestigious preparatory school invests in a GKB Rotobrush Updated

🕔07:20, 27.Mar 2020

Home to full sized AstroTurf, grass cricket wicket, a nine-hole golf course and an all-weather wicket, there was no better match than the GKB Rotobrush for Witham Hall Preparatory School.

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Three phase solution for Cruden Bay irrigation

Three phase solution for Cruden Bay irrigation Updated

🕔07:09, 26.Mar 2020

After having completed the second of three phases of a complete irrigation installation and renovation, Cruden Bay GC is now benefitting from cost and time effective irrigation from Toro.

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GreenMech appoint TNS as new dealers for East Anglia

GreenMech appoint TNS as new dealers for East Anglia Updated

🕔19:59, 24.Mar 2020

Thurlow Nunn Standen LTD (TNS) has become the latest pin in the dealer map of GreenMech, having been appointed as distributor for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

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Yorkshire golf club plants 5,500 trees in less than three hours

Yorkshire golf club plants 5,500 trees in less than three hours

🕔10:19, 23.Mar 2020

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, a team of volunteers from Bingley St Ives Golf Club in Yorkshire, planted nearly 6,000 trees and shrubs in less than three hours at the venue.

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Johnsons Sports Seed celebrates 200 years

Johnsons Sports Seed celebrates 200 years

🕔11:29, 22.Mar 2020

The Johnsons Sports Seed team were joined by members of the press and over 30 distributors and customers as they toasted their 200th anniversary earlier this year.

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Indoor demonstration increase for SALTEX

Indoor demonstration increase for SALTEX

🕔10:32, 20.Mar 2020

Due to popular visitor demand, show organisers have revealed that an increased number of indoor demonstrations will be taking place at SALTEX 2020 in a large dedicated arena on the show floor.

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Ganton goes green with Deere

Ganton goes green with Deere Updated

🕔09:21, 18.Mar 2020

Ganton Golf Club’s head greenkeeper Andrew West explains why the club has invested in a new set of John Deere hybrid electric E-Cut mowers.

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Company profile: Ventrac

Company profile: Ventrac Updated

🕔19:24, 17.Mar 2020

With the introduction into the UK of the Ventrac multi-purpose tractor, there is now a machine that can be used for a multitude of groundscare operations.

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Golf club bans touching of the flag

Golf club bans touching of the flag

🕔15:07, 16.Mar 2020

A golf club in London has issued a directive to all its golfers that they must not touch the flag on any of the holes, in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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Two golf courses attacked by vandals

Two golf courses attacked by vandals Updated

🕔10:03, 16.Mar 2020

At least two golf courses have been attacked by vandals in recent weeks.

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