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A major bunker redevelopment at Golf at The Hawthorn has reduced the Christy O’Connor Jnr-designed course’s hazard count by 59 and cut total bunker surface area by around 70 percent, ahead of the opening of the new five-star Galway Bay destination.
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The hopefuls who have been shortlisted for the top prizes at the Toro Student Greenkeeper of the Year Awards 2026 have been announced.Â
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Head groundsman Adam Stunt has relied on MM50 perennial ryegrass for 16 years to keep Rye Lawn Tennis Club’s eight grass courts in top condition – including through a gruelling summer tournament season that pushes surfaces to their limits.
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Nick Phillips, Head of Playing Surfaces at Tottenham Hotspur, has moved the club away from fungicide and nitrogen dependency towards a soil biology-focused renovation programme – with Agrovista Amenity products central to the approach.
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Kress UK has announced the appointment of David Timms as Commercial Business Manager – South.
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Turfco says the WideSpin 1550 topdresser eliminates the mechanical tweaks, overlapping runs and setting checks that slow crews down – offering on-the-fly width and rate adjustment, nine programmable presets and the ability to cover greens, approaches and tees in a single pass.
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Reesink Turfcare has supplied Toro machinery to Fife Golf Trust as part of a £2.4 million fleet renewal programme spanning seven courses, following a competitive public tender in which Toro was awarded approximately 25 percent of the overall contract.
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Origin Amenity Solutions has launched Priest, a new selective post-emergence herbicide combining three active ingredients for fast knockdown and systemic control of broad-leaved weeds across sports turf, amenity grassland and managed landscapes.
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Rowlands Castle Golf Club course manager Kevin Hensman had dreamed of robotic mowing for years – now, just months after introducing Kress machines, he says they are an absolute game changer for his five-strong team and their 18 fairways.
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Contractor Harry Wilcox has expanded his Baroness LM66 fleet after years of breakdown-free performance – with each mower, now dedicated to one of his bowling green contracts across London, and fitted with a front-mounted groomer for a combined cut and groom in a single pass.
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JK Irrigation and UK Flow Centre have announced a programme of practical training courses running through summer and autumn, covering golf and sports turf irrigation, pump and pipework systems, landscape irrigation and fusion welding.
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Krinkels UK has invested in a Kress commercial battery-powered fleet – including mowers, blowers and brushcutters – to support its Westminster City Council contract, marking a significant step in the company’s transition to fully electric grounds maintenance operations.
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Head greenkeeper John Edge says the club’s new GKB V-Strong scarifier exceeded expectations during spring renovation – enabling his team to complete all 18 greens and approaches in a single day, with surfaces back in play within a week.
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Steve Sullivan has retired as the greenkeeper at Craigie Hill Golf Club after an astonishing 50 years working at the Perth venue.Â
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Sixty hours a week of hand watering, years of leaks and chronic pressure loss – Bedford & County Golf Club’s irrigation system had reached breaking point. Course manager Adam Butler explains why the club finally acted, and what the phased upgrade means for the course’s future.
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KAR UK has announced the launch of its brand-new K-Series Hose Reel Trolley – a robust, British-built solution designed to meet the demands of modern turf care and industrial washdown applications.
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Centurion Club’s course manager Andy Garland explains how Eurograss Dual Use has become his go-to seed mixture for maintaining consistent playing surfaces at one of the UK’s most prestigious tournament venues – wall-to-wall, all year round.
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GroundsFest has expanded its partnership with the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI), which will again be the exclusive sponsor of The Landscape Zone at GroundsFest 2026.
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When rapid grass growth and challenging slopes pushed his previous mower to its limits, Hellidon Lakes course manager Gary Armstrong turned to the Trimax Snake – and halved his semi-rough mowing time in the process.
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Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) is introducing 007XL, a creeping bentgrass that has, for the first time, matched elite browntop bent varieties in independent BSPB G1 trials – challenging long-held assumptions about what creeping bent can achieve in the UK.
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Agrovista Amenity confirms that Lanzarta has received full UK registration for both forest nursery and in-forest use, giving forestry professionals a complete two-stage strategy against large pine weevil – one of the most destructive pests affecting newly planted conifers.
