The Amenity Forum ‘annual conference and exhibition’ – a must attend event for all involved in, or with an interest in, all aspects of the management of amenity spaces, is to take place on Tuesday, October 9.
Four years ago Whitley Bay Golf Club began a journey to create a financially sustainable and responsibly managed golf course. We look at what the plan entails, how it is being achieved and what progress has so far been made.
We look at why two models are so popular with greenkeepers at the moment.
Reesink Turfcare’s four Toro finance schemes offering ten ways to pay launched last year and were so successful they’re back again.
Dale is the course manager at Hollywood Golf Club near Birmingham. The course is laid out in a valley and has twin streams running through it.
The SISIS Veemo MK 2 is a tractor-mounted scarifier used for removing thatch from large areas of turf, such as golf course fairways.
Now that the summer is over, greenkeepers are working harder than ever to deal with the ramifications of such a prolonged dry period.
St Andrews Links – the ‘Home of Golf’ – has appointed Sandy Reid as its new director of greenkeeping, one of the most prestigious roles in golf course management in the world.
When it was time for a refresh at Bedfordshire’s John O’Gaunt Golf Club, the fourth hole on the John O’Gaunt course was enhanced by a massive lake with two Otterbine fountains and eight Toro Infinity sprinklers.
The Double A Trading Company, based in Cupar, Fife and at Altens in Aberdeen, has announced it will be moving from its current location in Altens to a new purpose-built facility in Kintore Business Park, Kintore, Aberdeenshire.
A project is underway to re-establish the native heather around the 18 holes by course manager Jody Wilson.
Merchant Taylors’ School has continued to put its trust in Dennis by purchasing a G860 and a G30D cylinder mower to add to the two G860’s and Razor mowers the school already had.
The patented SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 machine greatly increases the speed of the aeration process by directly injection air into the rootzone at a fast working rate, creating thousands of fissures.
Recent STRI research trials prove that preventative disease control programmes outperform curative options when analysed for turf quality, colour and presence of microdochium patch.
Standard setting, training and auditing organisation, BASIS Registration is celebrating its 40th year of service to agricultural and related industries throughout 2018.
The 18-hole links recently took delivery of a BLEC Multiseeder, allowing the greenkeeping team to increase the frequency of overseeding whilst leaving minimal disruption on the greens.
A massive fire in January 2015 saw Suffolk’s Thorpeness Golf Club lose all of its equipment – valued at £355,000. For course manager of 22 years Ian Willett, the replacement of his fleet has been gradual…
Cub Cadet INFINICUT® mowers make it a ‘first’ for Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds. The INFINICUT® purchase is a ‘first’ for a rugby club in the UK.
This summer many courses discovered that plant cell enzymes had been destroyed by the prolonged hot weather. As one club found, a solution is a turf fan.
Huntercombe Golf Club has replaced its irrigation system with Toro because according to course manager Grant Stewart “it’s the best on the market” for covering compact tees and vast greens.
You’ve decided what size petrol tank you want but what pump is best for dispensing? This guide attempts to answer that question.
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