Less that 2% of greenkeepers in the UK are women. However, there is growing female interest in the profession and there are women like Telma Granja, who leads an all-male team of 11 greenkeepers at a Portuguese golf course that’s 2,200 feet above sea level.
Waterlooville Golf Club, an England Golf championship venue in Hampshire, recently became the latest course to commission Durabunker to carry out a complete renovation of all its bunkers.
To support its continued expansion, MTD Specialty Turf Products has announced the appointment of Oliver Hall into the territory sales team.
Andy Garland, course manager at Hertfordshire’s Centurion Club, is working on improving course-wide surface drainage with a little help from his new Verti-Drain 7521.
There aren’t many golf clubs that would give their new course manager £200K to spend on new machinery in their first 12 months in the role – in addition to purchasing a set of Bernhard grinders. But this was the case at Bradford Golf Club.
Greenkeepers should apply more than just nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to their green areas this autumn, with magnesium and iron essential to maintaining healthy, disease free grass throughout the winter.
Seaton Carew Golf Club near Hartlepool will be celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2024 and the club, which is the 10th oldest in England, is determined to make sure its course is in the best condition possible for those celebrations.
Nairn Dunbar Golf Club has undergone a series of course improvements to restore the links effect at the Highland layout.
With Royal Norwich Golf Club investing £15 million in its newly established 18-hole course, the cost of its Rigby Taylor POGO Pro soil and turf management meter pales into insignificance.
The Cub Cadet INFINICUT® SM34 Rotary Mower was crowned the winner of the 2019 Innovation Award at SALTEX.
Htn Contracting entered the golf maintenance industry in 2017 when it launched its innovative H-Flex recycled porous surfacing solution for golf course pathways.
The recent addition of Roundup® to Bayer’s amenity portfolio complements its new residual herbicide Valdor® Flex and provides contractors with the complete package when it comes to weed control.
When head groundsman Stuart Lambert joined Gloucester Rugby in the summer of 2018, a brand-new hybrid pitch installation had just been completed at the clubs Kingsholm Stadium.
A change in career is a daunting prospect, but it can often be made easier with training and support from new industry peers.
Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton have all recently purchased the pedestrian self-propelled Vixen sprayer from British-based manufacturer Team Sprayers through dealer Cheshire Turf Machinery.
Essex-based Swan Golf Designs (SGD) is to create a schedule of autumn and winter improvement work at Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands GC, in Bedfordshire.
An American student has won approximately £4,800 in the 2019 Scholars Competition offered through the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).
It was word of mouth and recommendations from nearby customers that saw Upminster Golf Club opt for Toro irrigation.
The golf club started draining all of its 36 holes in 2015, as part of a four-phase project involving the unique Hydraway Sportsdrain, which will be completed next year. The results, so far, have been remarkable.
Chigwell Golf Club in Essex has taken delivery of its second Toro fleet as it proves itself a winner in the eyes of its membership.
May 2020 is eagerly awaited as the official opening date of Scotland’s newest links course at Dumbarnie, Fife, but a few lucky souls are gaining sneak previews.
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