With Toro’s MVP kits greenkeepers, workshop technicians and mechanics can avoid maintenance headaches in the season ahead. As the grass growing season gets into full swing and your fleet’s workload increases, the last thing needed is extended machinery downtime and
A rolling programme of work on the Church Course at St Enodoc over the winter has enhanced the playability of the championship links as well as the appearance of one of England’s most highly-regarded courses, states a club spokesman. One
St James Park has been a home to football in Newcastle since 1880. In that time the stadium, as well as the teams playing there, have gone through a number of transformations. Overseeing the club properties for the last 17
After 10 years conducting independent research on turfgrass diseases, Dr John Dempsey PhD has found that there are alternatives to chemical treatment that will prevent problems from taking place Disease prevention and control is a major factor in the successful
As of March 2018, the barrier acting, total herbicide, Pistol®, from Bayer, has been labelled with two new extensions of use. These will include applications by CDA (Controlled Droplet Applicator) as well as vehicle mounted sprayers, in addition to the
Charterhouse Turf Machinery, in conjunction with dealers Ben Burgess GroundsCare, recently entertained over 80 groundsmen and greenkeepers at an open day at Thetford Golf Club. The day included a technical talk from the STRI and gave turf managers the opportunity
GripClad GRP (glass reinforced plastic) composite gratings are now being used as effective anti-slip and anti-hazard solutions in golf courses across the UK. Their many uses include providing anti-slip on bridges, buildings and other structures, but the potential for further
A 58-year career is not in itself remarkable, what is remarkable, as in the case of Bill Mitchell, is a 58-year career at the same club. Not to mention the 25-year relationship with Toro and Reesink Turfcare. After almost 60
The new Greg Norman-designed Rancho San Lucas course in Los Cabos, Mexico, centrepiece of an 834 acre masterplanned development, is the venue for synthetic bunker face specialist EcoBunker’s debut in the country. EcoBunker CEO Richard Allen, who recently travelled to
A new pre and early post-emergence total herbicide, for the control of annual and perennial weeds, has been launched into the Irish market by Bayer, and is now available to purchase. Pistol® Flex brings a new active ingredient, to the
A new wildflower mixture produces fast-to-establish, reliable and attractive meadow habitat. The mixture, specifically designed to produce a fast-establishing sward of UK-native wildflowers and meadow grasses, has been launched by Germinal Amenity. Formulated to produce the kind of quick and
The Dennis Razor Ultra 560’s development was fine-tuned using feedback from greenkeepers following ‘out in the field tests’ and was the first product which utilised the company’s CAD system back in 2009. The mower has been designed for a high
Agronomist Stella Rixon looks at both issues here Given the challenging dry spring and early summer weather in the south-east last year, many course fairways showed drought stress early. This always instigates conversations regarding installation of irrigation. However, there are
The world-renowned Royal Dornoch Golf Club in Scotland is supporting a pioneering project that should help prevent part of its course succumbing to coastal erosion. A number of gaps in the saltmarsh habitat in the Dornoch Firth means part of
GreenKeeping has launched what is set to be the biggest recruitment portal in the golf industry, featuring hundreds of jobs such as club managers and secretaries, PGA professionals, food and beverage managers and greenkeepers. Partnering with the country’s leading golf management magazine,
Liberty Stadium Swansea, the premier sports venue in south west Wales, is home to Swansea City Football Club and the Ospreys regional rugby team. Although being sceptical, head groundsman Dan Kirton, made the switch to Johnsons Sports Seed in 2015
New or improved products are set to attract much interest from the nation’s greenkeepers as the new golf season gets underway, writes Andy Waple The RG3 from Cub Cadet, the well-known MTD subsidiary, is the only autonomous greens’ mower in
St Enodoc Golf Club has an impressive roll call. It is the number one golf club in Cornwall, sixth in the country according to Golf World, and rated 99th in the world by Golf Digest. Adding to that, is the
Dennis and SISIS have announced key dates and locations for their 2018 bowling green maintenance seminars. Committed to educating greenkeepers and raising the standards of bowling greens, Dennis and SISIS have long supported the sport of bowls. Their bowling green
A new chipping green at Sandy Lodge Golf Club in Northwood is the latest attraction for north west London’s golfers, drawing visitors from across the area. Featuring a classic links-style revetted bunker and an additional sleeper-style bunker which echoes the
Andy Richards, grounds manager at Shrewsbury School, is a firm believer that aeration is one of the most important practices carried out by groundsmen, and this is exactly why he has recently purchased a new SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid. Shrewsbury School
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