Features

  • Husqvarna will introduce its newest edition for robotic turf care – the Automower® 535 AWD EPOS™ as well as a new platform of autonomous robotic lawnmowers designed for commercial use in early 2025.

  • Cutting Edge Grounds Maintenance, a leading provider of grounds maintenance services, has selected MM40 from Mansfield Sand as its preferred choice of sand for sports pitch maintenance.

  • Ramsey Golf and Bowls Club in Cambridge, is experiencing remarkable improvements in turf health and playability thanks to the SISIS Maxislit.

  • South Staffordshire Golf Club is busy equipping itself with a machinery fleet that’s fit for the challenges of the future – and for that, it has chosen Redexim.

  • Managing the leaf fall from the many large oak trees which line Highgate Golf Club has been a mammoth annual task for course manager Russell Ling, who has been at the club for 33 years, and his team of eight.

  • Turf Science Live Ireland, a renowned educational event in turf management, returned in September, hosted at the magnificent Killeen Castle.

  • Forres Golf Club in Moray, Scotland has gone all-in on Toro with a small fleet to optimise operations and do more with its experienced team of four.

  • Kubota hosts milestone event

    Kubota marked a significant milestone of 50 years in Europe, by hosting an exclusive event themed “It’s All About People.” at PortAventura in Spain.

  • Three Ventrac all-terrain compact tractors with numerous attachments are helping the golf courses and estate teams at Trump Turnberry to maintain the courses and hotel surrounds at the renowned Open venue.

  • Rock and roll

    Paul Larsen, the head greenkeeper of Royal St George’s, was referred to as a ‘rock star’ in the press, when the links hosted the 2021 Open Championship. Here, he talks about one of his other passions – rolling.

  • Harry Colt-designed Blackmoor Golf Club in Hampshire has completed an improvement project that should take the course to the next level.

  • A day in the life: Paul Hay

    The head greenkeeper at Craigielaw Golf Club in Longniddry takes us through his average day.

  • Ventrac’s 4520 all-terrain compact tractor and multiple attachments is the ideal versatile machine for end of season course renovations. With over 35 different attachments, the range of tasks it can perform are many.

  • Surbiton GC has invested in environmentally friendly technology with two Greensmaster 3360 hybrid mowers, and accessed the industry’s newest spraying technology with the GeoLink system.

  • Two products from COMPO EXPERT have helped to put some much-needed life back into the greens at Kilsyth Golf Club, according to head greenkeeper Brian Hill.

  • Since becoming course manager at Kibworth Golf Club in 2019, Martin Anderson has propelled the course to new heights. A crucial component in Martin’s arsenal? Mansfield Sand.

  • Managers from some of the largest groundscare contractors in the UK and over 50 representatives from Ventrac’s UK dealer network attended demonstration days at the Carden Park Resort in Cheshire recently.

  • ICL launches two new spreaders

    ICL is pleased to announce the launch of two new spreaders, the AccuPro 360ST and the AccuPro DROP, enhancing the spreader range that already includes the AccuPro One, HandyPro, and Shaker Pro.

  • In 2022, Euroflor Flower Seed from Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) transformed three meadow areas within Worth Park as part of a wider conservation project underway by Crawley Borough Council.

  • A trio of GKB Machines have been installed at SCHLOSS Roxburghe Championship Golf Course, as part of major ongoing investment into the club and wider estate.

  • Royal Cromer has again shown its commitment to sustainability with the help of Toro and Reesink Turfcare, expanding its fleet with three new Toro eTriFlex 3370 electric mowers and an upgraded Toro irrigation system.