Alistair
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The R&A’s free BioBlitz toolkit helps golf clubs worldwide identify and celebrate on-course wildlife. Inspired by a Royal Lytham & St Annes event that recorded 333 species, it offers guides, templates and case studies for clubs of any size.
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Redexim has strengthened its dealer network with the appointment of Jenkins Garden Machinery, bringing the company’s renowned range of turf maintenance equipment to customers across south west Wales.
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The Torrent™ 4 sets a new standard for turbine blowers -EFI power, remote auto-rotate and an MagnaPoint™ instant nozzle control let operators clean faster with less effort. Rugged, reliable and built for daily commercial use.
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Why robotic mowers and trailed rotary mowers both have a place in tomorrow’s golf course maintenance.
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Royal Dornoch has launched a new website celebrating its thriving wildlife, shot by past captain Professor David Bell. Part of The R&A’s Biodiversity Project, it showcases 174 species found on its Championship and Struie Courses.
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Kress UK has reinforced its commitment to customer service, sustainability, and innovation with a significant investment in a fleet of fully electric Ford E-Transit vans.
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Craigielaw Golf Club has underlined its long-term commitment to delivering championship-quality playing conditions with a significant new investment in Toro turfcare equipment and the support services of distributor Reesink Turfcare’s ReeAssure Gold package.
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As the Portugal Invitational brings PGA Tour Champions golf to Europe for the first time, official partner Kress is using the occasion to show how autonomous electric mowing technology is quietly transforming the way the world’s top courses are maintained.
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A drought declaration has been made in at least one part of the UK almost every year since 2018 and heatwaves in recent days have meant water companies are restricting usage to consumers. However, the Waste2Water recycling system is something golf clubs can always use to clean their course machinery.
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Groundsman Matthew Jordan relies on a tried-and-tested OAS programme – from R9 ryegrass to a targeted nutrition plan – to maintain 10 grass courts through an intensive season of tournaments and daily play at Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association.
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Redexim has launched the Sandstorm – a self-powered topdresser that works without a tractor or hydraulic connection.
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One of the most popular attractions at GroundsFest is set to return with lawn mower racing taking place across both days of the event.
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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.
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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.
