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Electrifying the iconic Royal St George’s
The Open venue has replaced its entire fleet in one go, as head greenkeeper Greig Easton commits to electric mowers, GPS sprayers and a long-term partnership with John Deere to sharpen presentation for a global audience.
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20 years on, Ferndown Forest still trusts Suståne’s granular feed
From a seasonal temp with no greenkeeping background to head greenkeeper, Jon Hatt has relied on Suståne 5-2-4+Fe as the cornerstone of Ferndown Forest’s nutritional programme – backed by advice from a Suståne team he’s known since day one.
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How Long Sutton Golf Club is combining robots and trailed mowers
At Long Sutton Golf Club, robots and Trimax trailed mowers are working side by side to improve productivity, free up valuable staff time and keep a demanding parkland course under control.
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How Kubota powers 80% of SP Landscapes’ grass cutting fleet
Over 30 years, contracts manager Bobby Luckings has watched SP Landscapes grow from a garden shed to 25 field staff – with Kubota machinery, and the support of local dealer Thurlow Nunn Standen, a constant throughout.
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Why Radley College keeps coming back to MM50 after 20 years
Head of grounds at Radley College, Adam King, has trialled alternative seed for cricket square renovations more than once – but two decades on, he always returns to MM50, praising its consistency, wear tolerance and recovery even through one of the driest summers on record.
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How robotic mowers freed up Rowlands Castle’s small greenkeeping team
Since introducing Kress robotic mowers in September, Rowlands Castle GC’s course manager Kevin Hensman has seen his five-strong team break free from winter’s grass backlog and turn their attention to the finer presentation details members notice most.
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GroundsFest Academy builds momentum with wildflower education event
GroundsFest Academy has continued to expand its free educational programme following a successful wildflower-focused event held in partnership with DLF Seeds, combining expert-led classroom sessions with practical demonstrations.
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How Sutton Coldfield Golf Club modernised irrigation on a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Faced with a failing 1991 irrigation system and the added complexity of working on a protected historic site, Sutton Coldfield Golf Club’s course manager Chris Roberts led an in-house overhaul – cutting hand watering, easing staff workload and transforming how the heathland course is managed.
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WayPick 2 puts robotic ball collection to work at the Portugal Invitational
At The Els Club Vilamoura, Wayrobo and local partner Alvorada Tech deployed WayPick 2 on the driving range for real tournament-time ball collection – part of the company’s wider push into the Portuguese and European golf markets.
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A guide to integrated pest management for winter turf
Joshua Thomason MSc, BSc (Hons), technical manager at Agrovista Amenity, provides a straightforward guide to feeding turf through the colder months, using the Winter Prime package within an integrated pest management programme, and applying Maxtima and Insignia when disease pressure requires fungicide support.
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Dennis and SISIS coverage extends across East of Scotland with Thomas Sherriff expansion
Haddington-based dealer Thomas Sherriff & Co can now supply the full Dennis and SISIS ranges throughout Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian and the Scottish Borders, completing its coverage from North Yorkshire to the Forth Bridge.
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John Deere’s largest independent UK turf dealer, Double A, celebrates 30 years
Fife-based dealer Double A has grown from demonstrating a single Groundsman aerator around Scotland’s golf and bowling clubs in 1996 to become John Deere’s largest independent turf equipment dealer in the UK, employing 56 staff across three outlets.
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The Grove signs 10-year Toro deal with full fleet renewal and course-wide irrigation
The Grove in Hertfordshire has extended its 22-year relationship with Toro and Reesink UK through a new decade-long agreement, investing in a complete machinery fleet update, a wall-to-wall irrigation system and a suite of digital turf management technologies.
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Baroness expands East Anglia coverage with G&J Peck dealer appointment
Baroness has appointed G&J Peck Ltd to its UK dealer network, giving customers across East Anglia access to the full Baroness mower and maintenance range from the firm’s three depots in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
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This is Swaffham Golf Club’s measured route to better turf
Swaffham Golf Club course manager Colin Hutt on managing free-draining chalk profiles with limited irrigation, and why soil sampling and annual programme reviews matter as much as the products themselves.
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Every Mallorcan GEO-certified course is at the same resort
Mallorca’s largest golf resort has added autonomous fairway mowing at Son Muntaner, a closed-loop orange grove and carbon-neutral status at its Sheraton – all steps towards a 12 percent cut in golf emissions by 2028.