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Meet the course manager: Paul Armour
Paul Armour, course manager at Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian, discusses the realities of introducing autonomous mowing, how his team responded and why he believes the technology will be a familiar sight on golf courses in the years ahead.
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The Scandinavian Golf Club opens up its fleet buying, picking Baroness
The Scandinavian Golf Club’s course manager Russell Anderson explains why abandoning package deals in favour of open testing led the Top 50-ranked Danish venue to four LM551B fairway mowers.
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Drought leaves greenkeepers defenceless as badgers tear up irrigated turf
Golf courses across England have reported damage caused by badgers recently, because irrigated turf is now the only diggable ground on many sites. With no soil-acting insecticides available and nematodes unviable in these conditions, course managers have almost no options.
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Warwick Racecourse relies on Mansfield Sand for year-round track consistency
Warwick Racecourse head groundsman Guy Woodward explains why Mansfield Sand’s rootzone and fibre-reinforced products are central to keeping the jumps track raceable through winter rain and summer drought.
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Warrington club ‘gutted’ as off-road bikes tear up fairways and greens
Staff at Poulton Park arrived at the golf club to find tyre marks and torn turf across the course after riders drove motorbikes over fairways and greens. CCTV has been passed to Cheshire Police.
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Overseeder tackles wear on tight layout at Pollok Golf Club
Pollok Golf Club course manager Chris McGhee has taken a Redexim Overseeder 3D 1575 to walk-off areas, tees, aprons and grass paths at the Glasgow club, and is reporting excellent germination, minimal seed waste and positive member feedback.
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Whalebone Golf Club saves five hours a day with ECHO robotic ball collection and mowing
Whalebone Golf Club in Romford has installed ECHO robotic ball collection and mowing alongside GroundTech’s Drop Pit wash return system — freeing greenkeepers for work on the course.
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Greenkeeper Simon Olver named new R&A agronomist
The R&A Sustainable Agronomy Service has announced the appointment of Simon Olver as agronomist, GB&I.
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Forest Green Rovers invests in Kress equipment
Forest Green Rovers Football Club has invested in Kress battery-powered equipment.
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Greens and tees only: what the drought means for your course – and what comes next
With 71 percent of England in drought and two water companies moving towards bans on business water use, here’s a guide for golf clubs regarding what they can still irrigate, what legally binding national reduction targets require of them and where to start building resilience.
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Turf supply under threat as drought drives irrigation costs up 40 percent
The Turfgrass Growers Association has warned that the drought has changed the economics of turf production, with one grower reporting irrigation costs up around 40 percent, and this will affect availability and lead times long after the rain returns.
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St Enodoc commits to multi-year Toro investment covering fleet renewal and irrigation upgrade
St Enodoc’s first major fleet renewal in a decade, developed over three years with DGM and Reesink Turfcare, brings battery-powered Greensmaster eTriFlex greens mowers, six Flex 1021 hand mowers and a phased irrigation upgrade run through Toro Lynx Central Control.
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Meet the assistant greenkeeper: Danny TozziÂ
The assistant greenkeeper at Lees Hall Golf Club in Yorkshire, Danny Tozzi, takes us through his average day.
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GKB Deep Clean ‘transforms’ synthetic pitch maintenance at Wimbledon school
Groundsman Miguel Pimenta bought the new synthetic surface cleaner and says its brush and vibrating screen system, tool-free depth adjustment and suction unit have brought new speed and consistency to the school’s artificial pitches.
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Kubota helped CPD Penrhyndeudraeth FC through winter
CPD Penrhyndeudraeth FC’s groundsman Aled Thomas says a compact tractor and Quadraplay combination, funded through the Cymru Football Foundation’s Fit for Future Equipment Fund, has made an immediate difference to pitch presentation and playability at the north Wales club – helping it avoid call-offs through a difficult winter.
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GroundsFest 2026 unveils free education programme across four seminar theatres
GroundsFest 2026 has revealed a free CPD education programme across four seminar theatres, with speakers from Edgbaston, Leicester City, BIGGA and BALI covering climate resilience, robotics, AI and workforce development at Stoneleigh Park on 16-17 September.