Features
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Greenkeeper Ali Morrison singlehandedly tends one of the most remote nine-hole golf courses in the UK.
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Kim Blake, course manager at Fulford Heath Golf Club in Birmingham, has been at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing the club’s renowned parkland course for the past 36 years.
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Vilamoura Golf has reinforced its sustainability credentials as the stunning resort’s four courses have each been awarded two of the highest ESG accolades in recognition of a dedication and commitment to biodiversity and strong environmental strategy.
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Simon Grand, course manager at North Foreland Golf Club in Kent, has reported impressive results from using BASF’s Attraxor, a plant growth regulator recommended and supplied by Agrovista Amenity.
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“The future of golf course management is rooted in the fundamentals – proven, reliable techniques combined with hard work from the teams on the ground and emerging technologies”.
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Faced with the challenges of sandy soil and bunker erosion, Kings Lynn Golf Club has employed synthetic bunker expert EcoBunker to meet their ongoing maintenance challenges.
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Hibernian Football Club, celebrated as Scotland’s greenest football club, has made significant strides in sustainable grounds management with the purchase of the Dennis ES-860 battery-powered mower.
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Andy Richards, grounds manager at Haileybury School, credits Mansfield Sand’s MM40 with significantly improving drainage and enhancing the overall quality of the school’s sports pitches.
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Maintaining such expansive and varied grounds as Breadsall Priory Golf & Country Club is no small feat, and the SISIS Rotorake TM1000 has proven to be an invaluable asset.
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A rise in demand for synthetic surface cleaning from schools and sports clubs has triggered the purchase of a Redexim Verti-Top® for contractor Cutting Edge GM.
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Rob Surgey, senior course manager at golf group Burhill Group Ltd (BGL), discusses the role, which sees him act as support for several other golf course managers, as well as work at Burhill Golf Club in Surrey.
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Robotic mowing has arrived and with it comes the new generation of working smarter, not harder, thanks to Toro.
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From the moment James Bledge took over as links manager at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, it was all eyes on preparation for the 151st Open Championship.
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Trevornick Holiday Park was recently awarded the title of ‘Holiday Park of the Year’ at the prestigious AA Caravan and Camping Awards – an accolade it attributes to a momentous ‘team effort’ across the site.
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The environment and ecology stewardship manager at Celtic Manor Resort takes us through his average day.
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Every blade of grass at West Essex Golf Club is cut by a Baroness mower – the case for the last seven years and one that looks set to stay for the foreseeable future according to course manager Paul Kimber.
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Jamie Melham, head greenkeeper at Highwoods Golf Club in Sussex is working Rob Welford at Consolidate Turf to enhance the health and aesthetics of the golf course.
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It’s the technology the turfcare world has been waiting for – autonomous and robotic mowing options from Toro – delivering intelligent productivity for the industry and solving the problem of reduced resources and labour shortages.
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Mallorca’s Club de Golf Alcanada has announced a new eco-friendly initiative to tackle a pine-eating species of caterpillar.
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One of the UK’s most prominent sports pitch contractors has praised J 4Turf 50 from the Johnsons Sports Seed range for the pivotal role it plays in the renovations of a range of turf surfaces.
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An FSI B21 stump grinder is proving that compact certainly does not mean a compromise in efficiency and performance for Joe Baker of JB Tree Services.




















