Essendon invests in agronomy team

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Essendon Country Club, Hertfordshire, is investing in its golf agronomy department, bringing in best-in-class personnel.

Craig Gibson will be stepping into a new role as estates manager, tasked with overseeing health and safety, course spraying programmes, estate security, and management policies around the club.

Marc Winnan, who has previously worked in senior greenkeeping positions at The Grove, Brocket Hall and Moor Park, joins the club as director of courses to lead the dynamic plans to drastically improve golf facilities across the board.

Joining Marc, in the newly created role of consultant agronomist, is Master Greenkeeper John Wells. A hugely experienced course conditioning specialist, John assisted in the development of both courses at Brocket Hall and helped elevate them to the very best of standards during the club’s prime.

The final new addition is Alan Walker, a past captain of the PGA, as club ambassador.

Paul Densham, general manager at Essendon Country Club, commented on the restructure: “This complete restructure will enable us to accelerate the programmes we have planned for both courses, and I believe that Essendon will compete with the very best that England has to offer in time.

“We’re extremely excited for Marc, John and Alan to join the team. We envisage ourselves becoming a top tier golf venue and one of the best conditioned courses in the country. We truly believe these changes will give us the opportunity to achieve these goals in both the short and long term.”